How-To: Building a Raspberry Pi WiFi Controlled Car
Why buy a toy store RC car when you can make your own!
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DIY Game Boy Pocket Using the Raspberry Pi
Travis Brown designs a Game Boy Pocket clone using a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi emulation software.
All of the electronics were gutted from the case, which was then modified to fit the RPi and other electronics.
The Game Boy Pocket hit the market back in 1996 and is still popular with fans of the handheld gaming system that they can still be bought today. Yeah, there’s nothing like gaming on a black and white screen, which was better than the pea-green screen of the original Game Boy. Those who are fans of the Pocket but would like to have a color screen and be able to play games from other systems should take a look at Travis Brown’s Pocket Pi.
Raspberry Pi Hardware Discussion: Compute Module, HATs, and Model B+
At MakerCon, I had the pleasure of sitting down with James Adams, the Director of Hardware Engineering for Raspberry Pi. We talked about his role in the design of the Linux single-board computer and the newest hardware. Their new Model B+, the HAT specification, and the Compute Module. James is also on the team behind […]
Wyliodrin Cloud Programming Supports Pi and Galileo
Wyliodrin is an online service that allows you to visually create applications for Linux development boards and control them from your browser. You can use their service to program a Raspberry Pi and they’ve recently partnered with Intel to allow you to program second generation Galileo boards. Users can start with Visual Programming, a language […]
Pi Top: 3D printed, Full Sized, Raspberry Pi Laptop
The Pi Top is an educational kit. It appears as though it is in the early stages of planning an upcoming crowdfunding campaign. the basic idea is that you assemble the entire laptop yourself and learn a few things along the way. There are a series of lessons packaged in software that come along with […]
Raspberry Pi and MaKey MaKey Power Bus Stop Pac-Man
Make: Contributing Editor Alasdair Allan visited Maker Faire Trondheim last weekend and caught up with Frode Halvorsen, the general manager of Trondheim Makers. As one of the organizers of the faire, he showed off their advertising campaign, a Raspberry Pi and MaKey MaKey-equipped bus stop ad that lets pedestrians play Pac-Man. The video above gives you […]
DIY Audio Book Reader for Grandfather Losing Sight
Willem van der Jagt designed an Audio Book Reader using the Raspberry Pi for his grandfather who is losing his sight.
It features an RFID card to scan the DVD boxes that correspond to the eBook when placed on top of the device.
