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Before and After: Vintage Radio with Raspberry Pi

Before and After: Vintage Radio with Raspberry Pi

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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The Raspberry Pi has truly opened up all kinds of possibilities in custom entertainment. One of the most fascinating possibilities lies in replacing the guts of a vintage radio or other media device and enhancing its abilities while keeping the aesthetics of yesterday. Gordon, who studied computer science and works in the semiconductor industry, decided […]

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A Maker’s Introduction to Ham Radio

A Maker’s Introduction to Ham Radio

Ward Silver

By Ward Silver

Ward Silver

Ward Silver has been a ham since 1972 which led him to a 20-year career as an electrical engineer, designing microprocessor-based products and medical devices. In 2000, he began a second career as a teacher and writer.

Ward is Lead Editor of the two primary amateur radio technical references, both published by the American Radio Relay League -- the ARRL Handbook and the ARRL Antenna Book. He is the author of all three ARRL licensing study guides and has written three titles in the popular "for Dummies" series: Ham Radio, Two-Way Radios and Scanners, and Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself.

Outside of ham radio, Ward plays the mandolin, dabbles in digital photography, and enjoys biking, camping, and canoeing.

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You may have heard about amateur or “ham” radio from a friend or maybe one of the members in your Makerspace is a ham. What is ham radio and what does it offer you? First, you’re a Maker, so you already have a lot in common with the ham radio community. Hams are tinkerers, builders, […]

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Turn a Vintage Radio into a Stylish Home Theater PC

Turn a Vintage Radio into a Stylish Home Theater PC

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Media center PCs are usually something that you try to hide inside an entertainment center, or possibly behind a subwoofer. If you’d rather display your HTPC proudly as a work of retro futuristic art, look no further than this 40s-era radio converted into a Raspberry Pi media center. This project was originally envisioned as being […]

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How To Achieve Radio Silence In A Box

How To Achieve Radio Silence In A Box

Raphael Abrams

By Raphael Abrams

Raphael Abrams

Raphael Abrams is the lead hardware engineer at goTenna. He is also a co-founder of Brooklyn hardware hackspace, NYC Resistor. He has built everything from robots to lasers to... goTenna.

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A little background: I’ve designed what is, among other things, a little tiny VHF radio modem for goTenna, a Brooklyn hardware startup. It’s a very demanding design, with tight limits on battery life, size, shape, range, power — everything you can think of is at the edge of what can be done. The point of […]

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Vintage Internet Connected Radio

Vintage Internet Connected Radio

By Julia Mattonen

Julia Mattonen

I attend college classes while I develop my interests in visual arts as well as performing arts. Whether I'm building sets, performing, painting or teaching at summer camps--I am always planning the next big project to outdo my last!

contact: juliarmattonen@gmail.com

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  This retro radio project brings back old to meet the new. A trendy old radio that plays any music you want, not just the boring stuff that you can get through the radio waves! Using the credit card sized computer, Raspberry Pi–the sky is the limit. To get the best streaming music experience for this […]

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Yar matey! Streaming Raspberry Pirate Radio is “as easy as pi(p)e!”

Yar matey! Streaming Raspberry Pirate Radio is “as easy as pi(p)e!”

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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After adding internet radio stream & PLS/M3U support, how would you modify the Raspberry Pirate Radio? Watch the video to see what everyone is talking about, and have a great Pi Day!

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