Issue #133 — Mirror

Friday 1 January 2016

Happy new year!

I hope you had a great Christmas. If you missed it last week, the new MagPi is out now. It’s full of project ideas for new or returning Pi users, and there are plenty more below.

Ben

Picture of the week

Mirror mirror on the wall…

News

ROKOS (themerkle.com)
ROKOS is a free Raspberry Pi Operating System to launch a Bitcoin Node

Projects

Mirror Mirror (blog.dylanjpierce.com)
A Pi powered smart mirror
Tide Tracker (hackaday.com)
A Raspberry Pi tidy tide tracker predicts propitious promenades
Yet Another Pi Zero USB Hub (hackaday.com)
Home-made 4-port USB hub for the Pi Zero
Sense HAT Data Web App (github.com)
View sensor data from the Sense HAT in a web app on the internet
Interactive Christmas tree on a lubricating tram (aa4cc.dce.fel.cvut.cz)
Pi powered Christmas tree lights on a Prague tram
A Raspberry Pi Christmas Coding Adventure (github.com)
7 sections of content on getting going with a Raspberry Pi
KittyCam (girliemac.com)
Building a Raspberry Pi camera with cat face recognition in node.js

Articles & more

Teen's webcam to keep constant watch (eastgrinsteadcourier.co.uk)
18 year old works with local council to provide surveillance photos on their website
Firefox OS keyboard? (hexus.net)
Firefox OS may come to connected devices including a Pi2 powered keyboard
What's the best Raspberry Pi for your needs? (techradar.com)
Tech Radar cover the different Pis in the product showcase
Increasing Raspberry Pi FPS with Python and OpenCV (pyimagesearch.com)
Milking every last bit of performance out of your webcam or Raspberry Pi camera
Raspberry Pi Zero - Programming over USB (pi.gbaman.info)
Using Pi Zero OTG USB mode to program it with a single USB cable
Connect to a Raspberry Pi Directly with an Ethernet Cable (circuitbasics.com)
A useful guide on connecting to your Pi directly over Ethernet

Contact & Submissions

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