When 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.
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Rescuing old cine film with Raspberry Pi Zero
This 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 camera-equipped Pi Zero Ws off the coast of Norway to discover more about coral activity
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Explore the depths with the PiCam Marine
Why GPIO Zero Is Better Than RPi.GPIO for Raspberry Pi Projects MakeUseOf The Raspberry Pi is the perfect computer for learning. The Linux-based Raspbian OS has Python built in, which makes it a great first system for beginner coders. Its General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins make it easy for budding makers to experiment …
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The 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 speed) Printing a scarf on a Brother KM950i knitting machine from the 1980’s.
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Networked knitting machine: not your average knit one, purl one
There is always a flurry of activity at the start of the new academic year, and we are getting in on the action: this autumn and winter, we’ll be launching four new online courses! They are completely free and aim to give educators a solid grounding in the concepts and practical applications of computing.
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Developer Q&A: brand-new online training courses
I had an email a little while ago, which opened: “I don’t know if you remember me, but…” As it happens, I remembered Andy Baker very well, in large part because an indoor autonomous drone demo he ran at a Raspberry Pi birthday party a couple of years ago ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE.
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Autonomous drones (only slightly flammable)
Hi folks, Rob from The MagPi here! As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to learn to code to make a video game.
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MagPi 73: make a video game!
Use a Raspberry Pi and a Pi Camera Module to build your own machine learning–powered rock paper scissors game! Rock-Paper-Scissors game using computer vision and machine learning on Raspberry Pi A Rock-Paper-Scissors game using computer vision and machine learning on the Raspberry Pi. Project GitHub page: https://github.com/DrGFreeman/rps-cv PROJECT ORIGIN: This project results from a challenge my son gave me when I was teaching him the basics of computer programming making a simple text based Rock-Paper-Scissors game in Python.
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Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock, fire, water balloon!
Today marks Harry Potter’s 38th birthday. And as we’re so, so very British here at Raspberry Pi, we have no choice but to celebrate the birth of The Boy Who Lived with some wonderfully magical projects from members of the community. Build your own Daily Prophet After a trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter , Piet Rullens Jr wanted to build something special to remember the wonderful time he and his wife had at the amusement park.
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Happy Birthday, Harry Potter: wizard-worthy Pi projects
A Raspberry Pi is the beating heart of this accessible musical instrument, built by South Korean maker Jaewon “J.
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Synesthiser, an accessible electronic music instrument