October has come at last, and with it, the joy of Halloween is now upon us. So while I spend the next 30 days quoting Hocus Pocus at every opportunity, here’s Adafruit’s latest spooky build … the spooktacular Haunted Portrait
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Spooktacular Halloween Haunted Portrait
Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Haunted Portrait Created By John Park (video) Geeky Gadgets Electronics and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts looking to create a fantastic prop for this years Halloween, may be interested in the Raspberry Pi powered haunted portrait, created by master maker John Park. Using a hidden Raspberry Pi Zero as the image … and more »
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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
Today we’ve released another update to the Raspbian desktop. In addition to the usual small tweaks and bug fixes, the big new changes are the inclusion of an offline version of Scratch 2.0, and of Thonny (a user-friendly IDE for Python which is excellent for beginners)
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A Raspbian desktop update with some new programming tools
Alvaro Viebrantz ‘s Android Things Candy Dispenser combines image recognition and sugar highs in one delicious Raspberry Pi project. Android Things A.I.
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The Android Things Candy Dispenser
The ocular fundus is the interior surface of the eye, and an ophthalmologist can learn a lot about a patient’s health by examining it. However, there’s a problem: an ocular fundus camera can’t capture a useful image unless the eye is brightly lit, but this makes the pupil constrict, obstructing the camera’s view. Ophthalmologists use pupil-dilating eye drops to block the eye’s response to light, but these are uncomfortable and can cause blurred vision for several hours
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An affordable ocular fundus camera
Allen Pan has wired up his home automation system to be controlled by memorable tunes from the classic Zelda franchise.
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Zelda-inspired ocarina-controlled home automation
Today, we’re announcing the exciting schedule for our Big Birthday Weekend. It’s Code Club ’s fifth birthday too, making it even more special: a double celebration! We have a packed programme of activities this year. As usual, there’ll be talks and workshops catering to all interests and levels of skill, along with newly introduced drop-in sessions alongside the pre-registered workshops, offering everyone the opportunity to get hands-on experience of digital making
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What’s on at the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend 2017
Gone, it would seem, are the days of ‘Hello, My name is…’ stickers and Sharpies. Who wants a simple sticker on their chest, so flat and dull, when they can wear an entire computer, displaying their name and face in pixelated perfection? PiE-Ink Name Badge I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) With this PiE-Ink Name Badge, maker Josh King has taken this simple means of identification and upgraded it
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Raspberry Pi Zero PiE-Ink Name Badge
Using a Nano Thermal Receipt Printer from Adafruit , a Sharp Memory LCD screen , and a Raspberry Pi Zero, Hackaday.io user Pierre Muth has created the PolaPi-Zero, or as I like to call it, the Oh-My-Days-How-Cute-Is-This-Camera-LOOK . In lieu of banana, a euro for scale. Having gifted his previous Pi-powered camera to a friend, it was time to build a new one
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PolaPi-Zero: the tiny thermal camera