home automation – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:43:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Deter burglars with a Raspberry Pi chatbot https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/18/deter-burglars-with-a-raspberry-pi-chatbot/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:43:42 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67016 How to improve upon the standard burglar deterring method of leaving lights switched on? Dennis Mellican turned to Raspberry Pi for a much more effective solution. It actually proved too effective when a neighbour stopped by, but more on that in a bit. Here you can see Dennis’s system in action scaring off a trespasser:…

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]]> Hire Raspberry Pi as a robot sous-chef in your kitchen https://noise.getoto.net/2020/11/09/hire-raspberry-pi-as-a-robot-sous-chef-in-your-kitchen/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:05:29 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=64605 Design Engineering student Ben Cobley has created a Raspberry Pi–powered sous-chef that automates the easier pan-cooking tasks so the head chef can focus on culinary creativity. Ben named his invention OnionBot, as the idea came to him when looking for an automated way to perfectly soften onions in a pan while he got on with…

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]]> Talk to your Raspberry Pi | HackSpace 36 https://noise.getoto.net/2020/10/28/talk-to-your-raspberry-pi-hackspace-36/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:28:46 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=64680 In the latest issue of HackSpace Magazine, out now, @MrPJEvans shows you how to add voice commands to your projects with a Raspberry Pi 4 and a microphone. You’ll need: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (earlier models will work too) Seeed ReSpeaker 4-Mic Array Google account It’s amazing how we’ve come from everything being keyboard-based…

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