Schlagwort: Your Projects
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Three-factor authentication is the new two-factor authentication
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo-factor authentication continues to provide our online selves with more security for our email and online banking. Meanwhile, in the physical world, protecting our valuables is now all about three-factor authentication. Not sure what I mean? Here’s a video from Switched On Network that demonstrates how to use a Raspberry Pi to build…
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I feel the earth move under my feet (in Michigan)
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Michigan is home to the largest stadium in the USA (the second-largest in the world!). So what better place to test for spectator-induced seismic activity than The Big House? The Michigan Shake University of Michigan geology professor Ben van der Pluijm decided to make waves by measuring the seismic…
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Can’t Drive This, the 4D arcade machine
Reading Time: 4 minutesA Raspberry Pi–powered arcade display with hidden interactive controls won over the crowds at Gamescom. Rosie Hattersley and Rob Zwetsloot got the inside scoop. Pixel Maniacs is a Nuremberg-based games maker that started out making mobile apps. These days it specialises in games for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. You…
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Raspberry Pi would like you to remember…
Reading Time: 2 minutes…remember, the 5th of November. Happy Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night…Day! A brief history of the Gunpowder Plot In 1605, York-born Guy Fawkes was arrested, along with other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, for their attempt to blow up the House of Lords that, at the time, was occupied by…
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Dance magic, dance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Firstly, I’d like to apologise for rickrolling you all yesterday. I would LIKE to, but I can’t — it was just too funny to witness. But as I’m now somewhat more alive and mobile, here’s a proper blog post about proper things. And today’s proper thing is these awesome Raspberry Pi–powered dance…
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Build your own robotic cat: Petoi returns
Reading Time: 3 minutesWho wouldn’t want a robot kitten? Exactly — we knew you’d understand! And so does the Petoi team, hence their new crowdfunding campaign for Petoi Nybble. Petoi Nybble Main campaign video. Back our Indiegogo campaign to adopt Nybble the robo kitten! Share with your friends who may love it! Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/nybble A…
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Rescuing old cine film with Raspberry Pi Zero
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Electrical Engineer Alan Platt was given the task of converting old cine film to digital footage for his father-in-law’s 70th birthday, his first instinct was to look online. “There are plenty of companies happy to convert old films”, he explains, “but they are all extremely expensive. In addition, you have to…
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Beer Cooler or: a Raspberry Pi Zero W walks into a bar…
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou know how it is. You move into a house that used to be a pub, and you can’t bring yourself to do away with the bar. In fact, after several years of planning, you find yourself buying a hand pump on eBay, and a polypin of craft ale from the local…
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Halloween voice-changer using Raspberry Pi Zero
Reading Time: 2 minutesOlivier Ros has put together a short and sweet tutorial for creating your own voice-changing mask for Halloween. Voice changer with Raspberry Pi Zero for Halloween How to make a voice changer with Raspberry Pi Zero for Halloween Buy MIC+ sound card on Amazon : goo.gl/VDFzu7 tutorial here: https://www.instructables.com/id/Halloween-Voice-Changer-With-Raspberry-Pi/ https://www.raspiaudio.com/halloween Halloween: we…
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Google Tasks to-do list, or anti-baby-distraction device
Reading Time: 2 minutesOrganise your life with the help of a Raspberry Pi, a 3.5″ touchscreen, Google Tasks, and hackster.io user Michal Sporna. Distracting baby optional, though advised. Baby – in the workplace – thought you ought to know There’s a baby in the office today. And, as babies tend to do in places of work,…
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A waterproof Raspberry Pi?! Five 3D-printable projects to try
Reading Time: 3 minutesSummer is coming to a close. The evenings grow darker. So pack away your flip flops, hang up your beach towel, and settle in for the colder months with these fun 3D-printable projects to make at home or in your local makerspace. Fallout 4 desktop terminal Power Up Props’ replica of the…
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Working model of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Dave shared his Raspberry Pi Zero–powered model of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse on Reddit, we fell a little bit in love. Hello from the Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse Dave was getting married inside London’s only lighthouse, situated at Trinity Buoy Wharf across the water from the O2 Arena. The Trinity Buoy Wharf…
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Your face, 14 ft tall: image mapping with As We Are
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile at World Maker Faire New York last weekend, I found myself chatting to a rather lovely gentleman by the name of Mac Pierce. During our conversation, Mac mentioned a project he’d worked on called As We Are, an interactive art installation located in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.…
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Explore the depths with the PiCam Marine
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article from The MagPi issue 74 highlights the use of the Raspberry Pi Zero to build a marine camera for coral exploration. Get your copy of The MagPi in stores now, or download it as a free PDF here. The crew took 20 000 photos in total during the cruise. Ecologists in Germany are deploying…
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Networked knitting machine: not your average knit one, purl one
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe moment we saw Sarah Spencer‘s knitted Stargazing tapestry, we knew we needed to know more. A couple of emails later, and here’s Sarah with a guest blog post telling you all you need to know about her hacking adventure with a 1980s knitting machine and a Raspberry Pi. Knitting Printer! (slowest…
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Watching VinylVideo with a Raspberry Pi A+
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlay back video and sound on your television using your turntable and the VinylVideo converter, as demonstrated by YouTuber TechMoan. VinylVideo – Playing video from a 45rpm record With a VinylVideo convertor you can play video from a vinyl record played on a standard record player. Curiosity, tech-demo or art? A brief…
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How to mod your Etch A Sketch, or Toy Story in real life
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’d like to file this under ‘things we wish we’d had when we were younger’. Who else is envious of the kids of today and all the cool things they can make with our old classic toys? Etch A Sketch Robot – Elephant Read about how this works on my blog! http://sunnybala.com/2018/09/10/python-etch-a-sketch.html…
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You wouldn’t download a car…
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou wouldn’t download a car…but is that just because none of us know how to? And OF COURSE none of us know how to: it’s a really hard thing to do! Dramatic reenactment using a Mini because, c’mon, as if I can afford a Tesla! Nikola Tesla was in love with a…
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Cabin Cloud: bump-free travel on the night bus
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlanes, trains, and automobiles — we all have our preference. And at one company in California, the team is trying to smooth bus travel to broaden commuters’ options for a blissful night’s sleep. Leaving on a jet plane Not everyone wants to fly. While many enjoy the feel of take-off and landing…
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Build a Raspberry Pi pocket projector…how awesome is that?!
Reading Time: 3 minutesYouTuber MickMake has been working hard on producing a Raspberry Pi pocket projector with the Raspberry Pi Zero W. We’re excited. We know you’re excited. So enough of us talking, here’s Mick with more! #210 Build a Pi Zero W pocket projector! // Project 2 for 10 PCBs (48 hour quick turn…
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The Goodbye Machine. NSFW…ish? See what you think
Reading Time: 3 minutesTired of saying goodbye? Show people how you really feel with 8 Bits and a Byte‘s Goodbye Machine. Spoiler alert: no one wants to be at the receiving end of the red button. The Goodbye Machine: automate your goodbyes The Goodbye Machine, a machine to automate goodbyes using a Raspberry Pi, two servo’s,…
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PiPod: the Raspberry Pi Zero portable music player
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ve seen many Raspberry Pi-powered music players over the years. But rarely are they as portable (and snazzy) as the PiPod by Hackaday user Bram. Portable music My biggest regret in life? Convinced I wouldn’t need my 160GB iPod Classic anymore thanks to Spotify, I sold it to CEX for a painfully low price.…
