Three researchers from Michigan State University have developed a low-cost, open-source fingerprint reader which can detect fake prints. They call it RaspiReader , and they’ve built it using a Raspberry Pi 3 and two Camera Modules
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RaspiReader: build your own fingerprint reader
It’s no secret that we love music projects at Pi Towers.
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Algo-rhythmic PianoAI
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a large record collection must be in want of a good shelving system. Valentin Galea has solved this problem by developing the Vinyl Shelf Finder . In this build, a web-based app directs a pan-and-tilt laser to point out your record of choice among your collection.
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Vinyl Shelf Finder
At some point, many of you will have become exasperated with your AI personal assistant for not understanding you due to your accent – or worse, your fantastic regional dialect! A vending machine from Coca-Cola Sweden turns this issue inside out: the Dialekt-o-maten rewards users with a free soft drink for speaking in a Swedish regional dialect. The world’s first vending machine where you pay with a dialect! Thirsty fans along with journalists were invited to try Dialekt-o-maten at Stureplan in central Stockholm.
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Dialekt-o-maten vending machine
David Pride, known to many of you as an active member of our maker community, has done it again! His FRED-209 build combines a Nerf gun, 3D printing, a Raspberry Pi Zero, and robotics to make one neat remotely controlled Nerf tank. FRED-209 – 3D printed Raspberry Pi Nerf Tank Uploaded by David Pride on 2017-09-17. A Nerf gun for FRED-209 David says he worked on FRED-209 over the summer in order to have some fun with Nerf guns, which weren’t around when he was a kid
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FRED-209 Nerf gun tank
Joe Herman’s Pi Film Capture project combines old projectors and a stepper motor with a Raspberry Pi and a Raspberry Pi Camera Module , to transform his grandfather’s 8- and 16-mm home movies into glorious digital films.
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Digitising film reels with Pi Film Capture
Michael Darby, who blogs at 314reactor , has created a new Raspberry Pi build, and it’s pretty darn cool. Though it’s not the first Raspberry Pi-modded Nerf gun we’ve seen, it’s definitely one of the most complex! Nerf Gun Ammo Counter / Range Finder – Raspberry Pi An ammo counter and range finder made from a Raspberry Pi for a Nerf Gun. Nerf guns Nerf guns are toy dart guns that have been on the market since the early 1990s.
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Mod your Nerf gun with a Pi
Dan Aldred, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and creator of the website TeCoEd , has built Darth Beats by managing to fit a Pi Zero W and a Pimoroni Speaker pHAT into a LEGO Darth Vader alarm clock! The Pi force is strong with this one. Darth Beats MP3 Player Pimoroni Speaker pHAT and Raspberry Pi Zero W embedded into a Lego Darth Vader Alarm clock to create – “Darth Beats MP3 Player”. Video demonstrating all the features and functions of the project
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Darth Beats: Star Wars LEGO gets a musical upgrade
In an effort to create a robot that can teach itself to navigate different terrains, scientists at Arizona State University have built C-Turtle , a Raspberry Pi-powered autonomous cardboard robot with turtle flippers.
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Landmine-clearing Pi-powered C-Turtle
You’re watching the new episode of Game of Thrones , and suddenly you hear your children, up and about after their bedtime! Now you’ll probably miss a crucial moment of the show because you have to put them to bed again. Or you’re out to dinner with friends and longing for the sight of your sleeping small humans.
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IoT Sleepbuddy, the robotic babysitter