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Reading Time: 7 minutesIf you completed the steps in the last low cost robot-building article, you’ll have added a camera to your Raspberry Pi-powered lunchbox robot. This enabled your robot to take photos and provided a robot’s-eye view of the world. Now a robot builder gets to take this much further and make the robot use this camera […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRoast your own coffee beans with the help of Arduino Arduino Team — January 21st, 2020 Apparently not content with simply brewing his coffee to perfection, Alex Campbell can actually take control of the roast itself thanks to his beautiful fluid bed roasting rig. His DIY device is constructed using a variety of stainless steel […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesOpen source power for classrooms: Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2 for CTC GO! joins Open Roberta Arduino Team — January 21st, 2020 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ya3daY3GE?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Dream team for classrooms worldwide: Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2 for CTC GO! joins Open Roberta Lab, the biggest open source coding platform made in Europe. The Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2 is the […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Rotary Dial Phone project is part of a wider initiative called Bit Time – a project that has been running in Basildon, Essex over recent months. It’s the brainchild of Dave Norton and Laura Travail. Dave is a digital Artist and drama practitioner whose work ranges from large-scale interactive installations to live theatre performed […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAutomate your door latch with a simple app-controlled system Arduino Team — January 20th, 2020 Adnan.R.Khan recently decided to give his room’s sliding door latch an upgrade by designing a mechanism to open and close it, using little more than an Arduino Uno and Bluetooth module. His automated device is operated via a smartphone app […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Education nominated for Bett Award Arduino Team — January 20th, 2020 The Arduino Engineering Kit has been nominated as a BETT Awards 2020 finalist in the “Higher Education or Further Education Digital Services” category. About the Bett Awards The Bett Awards are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMonitor your home with this Nano 33 IoT-based system Arduino Team — January 20th, 2020 Using an Arduino Nano 33 IoT, Jithin Sanal designed a home monitoring system capable of detecting noxious gases with an MQ2 sensor as well as sensing temperature, pressure, humidity, and ambient light via a BME280 sensor and an LDR. All […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow Arduino Education helped educator James Jones boost students’ 21st century skills and robotics knowledge across 23 middle schools in Orlando, Florida. More and more teachers face the difficulty of instilling the right skills and knowledge, as well as a flexible mindset, that better prepare their students for future career opportunities. “Today, students need to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor enthusiasts, the Fundamentals Exam is the first tier in the Arduino Certification Program (ACP), designed to test entrants knowledge in Arduino-related electronics, programming, and physical computing. The exam is available for everyone interested in officially certifying their skills and knowledge on Arduino, that could, for example, be referred to in a resume for academic […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor enthusiasts, the Fundamentals Exam is the first tier in the Arduino Certification Program (ACP), designed to test entrants knowledge in Arduino-related electronics, programming, and physical computing. The exam is available for everyone interested in officially certifying their skills and knowledge on Arduino, that could, for example, be referred to in a resume for academic […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning an extremely realistic animatronic heart with Arduino Arduino Team — January 17th, 2020 In his latest video, Will Cogley has created an animatronic heart so realistic that you might wonder if it’s the actual thing. The device is made out of molded silicon with fake blood poured on top to enhance the effect, and […]
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe all know that Santa loves a mince pie, but did you know that he is often partial to leaving Raspberry Pi boards under the tree of those on his ‘nice’ list? Well, if you got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas, then you may want to know about some of the awesome accessories you can […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDataCamp Price: FREE (or $568 per year) Created by: datacamp.com R is a language intrinsically linked to data and statistical analysis. Popular with scientists and number crunchers, it has fans around the globe. If you’ve spent a lot of time in Python and other programming languages, some of the features of R are confusing at […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesFirst, you’ll create an assistant that uses a list of rules for understanding commands, and you’ll learn why that approach isn’t very good. Next, you will teach the assistant to recognise commands for different devices by training it using examples of each command. 1. Get started Head to machinelearningforkids.co.uk in a web browser. You’ll then […]
Reading Time: < 1 minutePick colors from real things with this portable tool Arduino Team — January 14th, 2020 If you want a red piece of paper, or a blue pen, what does that really mean? If you’d like to get more specific, Michael Klements’ Arduino-based scanner lets you quantify colors in numerical RGB values via a TCS34725 sensor. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes“My project is named AMOS (Aquatic Mini Observation System),” Murray tells us. “It is a solar-powered, autonomous airboat for measuring water quality over large, distributed areas.” Murray has worked on a couple of prototypes for the boat. The first one was made out of a kayak beer cooler (a small kayak that acts as a […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesHaving long dreamt of owning a usable Linux-based portable device, a group of enthusiasts set out to create one and the CutiePi tablet was born. Based around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Lite and custom carrier board, it features an 8in touchscreen, typical tablet features, and everything you need to make your Raspberry Pi […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAarnio adds force feedback and sensing to chairs Arduino Team — January 9th, 2020 Desk chairs are essential tools for the office environment, so why not turn them into a computer input and feedback device? Aarnio, by researchers from several universities, adds this functionality via an Arduino board. It’s able to detect rotation and tilt […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesUpgrading a ride-on car to a joystick-controlled assistive device Arduino Team — January 9th, 2020 Child-sized wheelchairs can be difficult to come by, and unfortunately aren’t as much fun as something like a ride-on car. The South Eugene Robotics Team, or FRC2521, decided to address both challenges by building a mini Jeep augmented for kids […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesScale model Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 wagon handles like the real thing Arduino Team — January 8th, 2020 Model cars can be fun to use and look at, but when driving one it’s difficult to get the same sort of movement in the suspension as a full-sized vehicle. To enhance his 65cm long 8.5:1 Oldsmobile Dynamic […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesA robotic beast A serious robot, the DiddyBorg (£220 / $299) is diddy in name only and a true Raspberry Pi automated monster. Program it, remote-control it, or just have it sitting pretty in your workshop. Your choice. PiGrrl 2 DIY handheld gaming We’ve covered this project in a previous issue of The MagPi, but […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe bulletin boards of the 1980s haven’t died out quite yet, but they have gone online. There’s only a handful of BBSes (bulletin board systems) that you can dial up with your old-time modem. If you like the idea of accessing an internet-based BBS from your Atari ST, Amiga, or BBC Micro, then we can […]