Meet Aster, the 3D-printed humanoid robot

Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet Aster, the 3D-printed humanoid robot Arduino Team — November 29th, 2019 If you’d like to build your own vaguely humanoid robot, but don’t care about it getting around, then look no farther than Aster.  The 3D-printed bot is controlled by an Arduino Uno, with a servo shield to actuate its 16 servo motors. This […]

GPIO Xmas Tree review

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe GPIO Xmas Tree is something like that – and probably the easiest one to code yet! It’s also nice and small, sitting over six GPIO pins rather than taking up all 40. This way, you can add a little festive flair to your Raspberry Pi, while still working on other projects that require the […]

Retro computing with Raspberry Pi 4 in The MagPi issue 88

Reading Time: 3 minutesPJ Evans shows you how to put a Raspberry Pi inside an old ZX Spectrum+ computer, hooking it up to the innards. Discover how to connect a Raspberry Pi GPIO pins to the keyboard of a classic machine and use it to emulate the original computer. Plus! Discover where to find classic games and the […]

Win a PiArm robot arm kit!

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Improve human-robot collaboration with GhostAR

Reading Time: 2 minutesImprove human-robot collaboration with GhostAR Arduino Team — November 26th, 2019 As robotics advance, the future could certainly involve humans and automated elements working together as a team. The question then becomes, how do you design such an interaction? A team of researchers from Purdue University attempt to provide a solution with their GhostAR system. […]

DNA Gel Imager project showcase

Reading Time: 5 minutesResearch labs and hospitals use multimillion-pound equipment for detailed DNA tests, but when part of the kit goes wrong, a low-cost alternative may be urgently needed. Dr Lindsay Clark found herself in exactly this situation when the gel imager she relied on to expose DNA samples broke down. The machine that broke down was another […]

Make music with the help of an Arduino-powered hole puncher

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake music with the help of an Arduino-powered hole puncher Arduino Team — November 25th, 2019 Maker ‘pashiran’ purchased a music box which could be programmed with punch cards, but soon found that actually creating tunes this way by hand was exhausting. His solution was to automate the process, designing a fixture to punch the […]

LED icosahedron shines for all the world to see

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLED icosahedron shines for all the world to see Arduino Team — November 25th, 2019 Convex regular icosahedrons contain 30 edges and 12 vertices. This makes for an interesting math problem, but as demonstrated by this project out of the LVL1 hackerspace in Louisville, Kentucky, its geometry also presents an excellent target for a massive […]

OpenGradeSIM is an open source incline simulator for indoor bike trainers

Reading Time: 2 minutesOpenGradeSIM is an open source incline simulator for indoor bike trainers Arduino Team — November 25th, 2019 Although he would probably rather be outdoors, after an injury Matt Ockendon had a lot more time to ride his Tacx Neo indoor trainer and tinker. He decided he wanted his rig to be able to simulate the grade […]

Awesome dad builds an Arduino-powered button box for his toddler son

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAwesome dad builds an Arduino-powered button box for his toddler son Arduino Team — November 22nd, 2019 Like most one-year-olds, CodePanda’s son really likes pushing buttons. Rather than purchasing a so-called busy board that might teach him skills like unlocking doors or plugging in electrical outlets, he decided to build his own custom device controlled […]

UK train departure screen

Reading Time: 4 minutesGiven the time of year, we can perhaps expect some leaves on the line, slippery rain or maybe, if the weather takes a real turn for the worse, the wrong type of snow. But in any case, Chris Hutchinson will be as prepared as any commuter can be thanks to his Raspberry Pi computer.  Chris […]

This YouTuber recreated the D-O droid from Star Wars: Episode 9 with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis YouTuber recreated the D-O droid from Star Wars: Episode 9 with Arduino Arduino Team — November 21st, 2019 While it’s yet to make its premiere, Matt Denton has already built the D-O droid from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker using a MKR WiFi 1010 for control, along with a MKR IMU Shield and […]

This YouTuber recreated the D-O droid from Star Wars: Episode 9 with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis YouTuber recreated the D-O droid from Star Wars: Episode 9 with Arduino Arduino Team — November 21st, 2019 While it’s yet to make its premiere, Matt Denton has already built the D-O droid from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker using a MKR WiFi 1010 for control, along with a MKR IMU Shield and […]

FaceWidgets blends on-face switches with the VR world

Reading Time: 2 minutesFaceWidgets blends on-face switches with the VR world Arduino Team — November 21st, 2019 When using a virtual reality (VR) system, you may need to flip a switch, touch a button, etc., which can be represented by a carefully coordinated series of pixels in front of your eyes. As a physical alternative — or augmentation […]

FaceWidgets blends on-face switches with the VR world

Reading Time: 2 minutesFaceWidgets blends on-face switches with the VR world Arduino Team — November 21st, 2019 When using a virtual reality (VR) system, you may need to flip a switch, touch a button, etc., which can be represented by a carefully coordinated series of pixels in front of your eyes. As a physical alternative — or augmentation […]

The Science Kit is now available in Italian and Spanish

Reading Time: 6 minutesLaunched back in January 2019 in partnership with Google, the Arduino Science Kit Physics Lab is designed for middle school students (aged 11 to 14) to explore science. It is now available with Italian and Spanish course content, making it more accessible than ever. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-U3JcdMoe0?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] “You discovered it yourself, so it was really fun doing […]

Cryptography ICE Cube experiment

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn space, nobody can hear you scream, but there are some people who are determined to eavesdrop on communication being sent back and forth between Earth and orbiting satellites. As such, there is a danger that security and safety can become compromised, which is why a team of researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) […]

Top 10 AI projects

Reading Time: 4 minutesMachine learning and AI are just a normal part of the world now, which in some ways is kind of hard to process. On the plus side, it means we can have computers do really fun, useful (and useless) stuff for us. Here are ten ways to get your Raspberry Pi to learn and do.  […]

Alex Mous interview

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the original purposes of Raspberry Pi was to help ignite a passion for computing in young people today, and Alex is definitely one of these people. “In 2014, I received my first Raspberry Pi (a Model B+) for Christmas,” he tells us. “I started out by teaching myself Python using the projects in […]

Arduino on GitHub Actions

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post is from Massimiliano Pippi, Senior Software Engineer at Arduino. GitHub Actions is the name of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) system introduced by GitHub about a year ago, currently in public beta and now approaching the general availability status. When you read SDLC, think about some sort of CI/CD system that’s generic […]

James Bruton’s 512 LED DJ helmet adds more glow to his Performance Robots show

Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Bruton’s 512 LED DJ helmet adds more glow to his Performance Robots show Arduino Team — November 13th, 2019 If you’ve ever thought that your musical performance needed more LEDs, then James Bruton’s DJ helmet may be just the thing for you. The YouTuber’s wearable device is built on the base of a protective […]

James Bruton’s 512 LED DJ helmet adds more glow to his Performance Robots show

Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Bruton’s 512 LED DJ helmet adds more glow to his Performance Robots show Arduino Team — November 13th, 2019 If you’ve ever thought that your musical performance needed more LEDs, then James Bruton’s DJ helmet may be just the thing for you. The YouTuber’s wearable device is built on the base of a protective […]