We’re on a stamp!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Mail is issuing a series of six stamps celebrating 50 years of British Engineering this week (available from 2 May). We’re absolutely made up to be one of the engineering projects chosen: we’re in some exalted company. This series is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Award, […]

Scan objects in 3D with this Arduino-controlled photogrammetry rig

Reading Time: 2 minutesScan objects in 3D with this Arduino-controlled photogrammetry rig Arduino Team — April 25th, 2019 Pictures can be a great way to record an object or project, but typically only does so in one perspective. In order to capture things in three dimensions, you’ll need to be able to snap multiple photos and stitch them […]

Announcing Raising Kratos, a God of War Documentary

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Doubt is the demon that lives in the ear of every person in this industry…” — Cory Barlog It’s only fitting on the one-year Anniversary, we’re excited to share this peak behind the curtain of God of War’s very own Santa Monica Studio with a trailer for our upcoming film, Raising Kratos. This full-length feature […]

PlayStation Blogcast 328: Freaker Weird

Reading Time: 2 minutesEmail us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here Days Gone is almost here! We invite product VP Connie Booth to give us a quick history lesson on PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios and learn more about what the gang at Bend Studio have in store. Plus: new releases for the week […]

Witness Elaborate Rage 2 C-C-C-Combo Mastery in New Trailer

Reading Time: 3 minutesThink of all your weapons and superpowers in Rage 2 as ingredients in a zesty recipe. You’ve assembled all the fixings you need for a kickass cake (or pie, if you’re a pie person), and now it’s time to blend them together into some beautiful and devastating combos. These little combo cakes (or pies) will […]

Win a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and signed case this Pi Day 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHappy Pi Day, everyone! What is Pi Day, we hear you ask? Today, people who use the date format ‘month/day/year’ celebrate that the date forms the first three digits of Pi: 3.14! In celebration of Pi Day, we’re running a Raspberry Pi 3B+ live stream on YouTube — hours upon hours of our favourite Pi […]

Play Heverlee’s Sjoelen and win beer

Reading Time: 4 minutesChances are you’ve never heard of the Dutch table shuffleboard variant Sjoelen. But if you have, then you’ll know it has a basic premise – to slide wooden pucks into a set of four scoring boxes – but some rather complex rules. Sjoelen machine Uploaded by Grant Gibson on 2018-07-10. Sjoelen It may seem odd […]

PlayStation.Blog: New and Improved for 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesGreetings! More than 11 years after its initial launch, it’s time to level up PlayStation.Blog once again. We’ve been working on some assorted UX tweaks for the past few months, and over the next day or two, we’re excited to begin rolling them out for you. We had a few broad goals for the new-and-improved […]

Mince Pi – what’s under your tree?

Reading Time: 4 minutesMerry Christmas everybody! We’re taking a little time off to spend with our families; we’ll be back in 2019. This post is for those of you who have found a piece of Pi under the tree or nestling uncomfortably in the toe of a stocking, and who are wondering what to do with it. Raise […]

Toddler nightlight/stay-in-bed device

Reading Time: 3 minutesLiving with a toddler is the best thing. It really is. Seen through their eyes, everything you’re jaded about becomes new and exciting. Every piece of music is new. Frog and Toad are real people. Someone doesn’t care that you’re really, really bad at drawing, believing that you’re actually a kind of cross between Leonardo and […]

Christmas lights 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s the most wonderful time of the year! There’s much mistletoeing, and hearts will be glowing – as will thousands of Raspberry Pi-enabled Christmas light displays around the world. This morning I have mostly been spending my virtual time by a roadside in snowy Poland, inflicting carols on passers-by. (It turns out that the Polish […]

Making Robot Friends with the Crickit HAT for Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere’s a guest post from our good friend Limor Fried, MIT hacker and engineer, Forbes Top Woman in Tech, and, of course, Founder of Adafruit. She’s just released a new add-on for the Pi that we’re really excited about: we think you’ll like the look of it too. Sometimes we wonder if robotics engineers ever […]

PlayStation Blogcast 315: Festive Favorites

Reading Time: 2 minutesEmail us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here This week, the gang takes an early stab at some Game of the Year nominations, Sid reveals his first impressions after going hands-on with Resident Evil, and more. Enjoy! Stuff We Talked About Resident Evil 2 Celeste Astro Bot Rescue Mission […]

Literature dispenser

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many things I do not know about Argentina. Until today, one of them was this: if you’re in an Argentinian bank, you may not use electronic devices. That includes phones and e-readers like the Kindle (and I can’t be the only person here who is pretty much surgically attached to their Kindle). Enter […]

Trick or (the ultimate) treat!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ll keep today’s blog post short and sweet, because Liz, Helen, and I are all still under the weather. Raspberry Pi 4! Don’t tell Eben, Liz, or the rest of the team I showed you this, but here’s your Halloween ‘trick or treat’ gift: an exclusive sneak peek at the Raspberry Pi 4. We’ll be back […]

We have the plague

Reading Time: < 1 minuteApologies to our daily visitors (we love you guys); we don’t have a proper blog post for you today because we’re all really ill. (I have food poisoning, Helen is coughing up goo and can barely speak or breathe, and Alex is being sick.) You’ve got a day until Halloween; if you’re looking for inspiration, […]

Announcing PlayStation Classic’s Full Lineup of 20 Games

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor all of us at PlayStation, it was so exciting to see the positive response from the community to last month’s PlayStation Classic announcement. Today we are happy to reveal the entire lineup of the 20 games that come pre-loaded on the console when it launches in the U.S. and Canada on December 3. We […]

PSN Online ID Change Feature Entering PlayStation Preview Program Soon

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re happy to announce that we will soon begin testing the long-awaited feature that will allow users to change their PlayStation Network Online ID from their PlayStation 4 system. The PSN Online ID Change feature beta will be a part of the PlayStation Preview Program, and will become available to select users that have pre-registered […]

The Nike Air Max 95 Arrives In Playstation Colors

Reading Time: 2 minutesSony’s Playstation entertainment system has provided inspiration for a number of Nike Sportswear classics. Most notably it has dressed up two Air Force 1 creations as well as the introductory PG 2 color scheme, a nod to the All-Star wingman’s love of gaming. Now, the Swoosh is ready to keep that aesthetic rolling with a Laser Fuchsia […]

Extended Fortnite Cross-Play Beta Launches on PS4 Starting Today

Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing a comprehensive evaluation process, SIE has identified a path toward supporting cross-platform features for select third party content. We recognize that PS4 players have been eagerly awaiting an update, and we appreciate the community’s continued patience as we have navigated through this issue to find a solution. The first step will be an open […]

Build an Arduino Mega fingerprint door lock

Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild an Arduino Mega fingerprint door lock Arduino Team — September 13th, 2018 If you don’t want to carry keycard or memorize a passcode, this build from Electronoobs might be just the thing.  The system uses a fingerprint reader to check to see if you have access, and if approved, the device’s Arduino Mega unlocks […]

Rayman lässt ab 6. November in Brawlhalla die Fäuste fliegen

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRayman stößt am 6. November zu Brawlhallas farbenfrohen Legenden und bringt auch seine armlosen Kung-Fu Kombinationen auf die Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 und den PC (Steam). Brawlhalla ist ein Free-to-Play 2D-Plattform Prügelspiel in welchem sich Teilnehmer mit Hilfe von Waffen, Schlägen, Tritten, Würfen, Sprüngen und Spezialangriffen bemühen, den Kontrahenten aus dem Spielfeld zu befördern. […]