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Raspberry Pi Zero And Camera Set New High Altitude Ballooning Record (video) – Geeky Gadgets

Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Zero And Camera Set New High Altitude Ballooning Record (video) Geeky Gadgets Dave has become an expert on launching and tracking down the Pi hardware once it falls back to earth and for this flight has created a new chase car computer that is equipped with a raspberry Pi model B mini PC together with a GPS receiver and a few …

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iData Truck: an Internet of Things lorry

Andy Proctor drives a container delivery truck. He’s embedded a Raspberry Pi in the dashboard and turned the truck into an IoT device – saving time on updating his office on his movements, and learning Python and some electronics at the same time. Andy says on his blog : When we have the container loaded at the customer’s address we have to phone in and when it’s been unloaded do the same.

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Build Your Own Raspberry Pi and XBMC-Powered Touchscreen Car Computer – Lifehacker

Build Your Own Raspberry Pi and XBMC-Powered Touchscreen Car Computer Lifehacker Normally a touch-sensitive car computer would cost you pretty big bucks to buy and have installed, but Instructables user Zaqq shows us how you can roll your own with the ever-powerful Raspberry Pi , some affordable components, and a little elbow grease.

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Carputers – some ideas to get you started

We are firm believers in the idea that computing starts to get really interesting – interesting enough to suck in people who have never programmed before – when you begin interfacing software with real things made out of atoms. That’s why there are GPIO pins on the Pi (another reason you should never tread on one with bare feet). Here are some resources to get you started with some real-world hacking: namely, hacking your car.

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