retrofit – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:32:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Super 8 camera goes digital with Raspberry Pi https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/27/super-8-camera-goes-digital-with-raspberry-pi/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:32:08 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74023 Clem from element14 found a discarded Super 8 camera and wanted to channel his inner filmmaking hipster, but he didn’t want to spend tons of money on analogue film, so he digitised the camera with Raspberry Pi. Clem recreated an original Super 8 cartridge and packed it with tiny hardware to do the job of…

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]]> Raspberry Pi makes your retro analogue camera digital https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/28/raspberry-pi-makes-your-retro-analogue-camera-digital/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:48:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72822 Befinitiv has built a custom film cartridge, using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, that turned their gorgeous old analogue camera into a digital one, and enabled it to take digital photos, videos, and even wirelessly live stream to the Internet. The analogue camera they used in the build was considered state-of-the-art around fifty years ago,…

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]]> Collection of Raspberry Pi retro tech projects https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/08/collection-of-raspberry-pi-retro-tech-projects/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:25:14 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72378 During lockdown, Stuart (aka JamHamster) wanted to keep busy whilst between jobs, and ended up building a mini empire of rescued retro systems. Cassette tapes, Game Boys, and floppy disks were all among the treasures he reclaimed. Cassette tape starter Stuart got started by fitting a TZXDuino tape loader into a cassette tape shell. Remember…

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]]> Raspberry Pi turns retro radio into interactive storyteller https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/21/raspberry-pi-turns-retro-radio-into-interactive-storyteller/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:29:01 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=63414 8 Bits and a Byte created this voice-controllable, interactive, storytelling device, hidden inside a 1960s radio for extra aesthetic wonderfulness. A Raspberry Pi 3B works with an AIY HAT, a microphone, and the device’s original speaker to run chatbot and speech-to-text artificial intelligence. This creature is a Bajazzo TS made by Telefunken some time during…

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]]> Give your voice assistant a retro Raspberry Pi makeover https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/08/give-your-voice-assistant-a-retro-raspberry-pi-makeover/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:38:17 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62236 Do you feel weird asking the weather or seeking advice from a faceless device? Would you feel better about talking to a classic 1978 2-XL educational robot from Mego Corporation? Matt over at element14 Community, where tons of interesting stuff happens, has got your back. Watch Matt explain how the 2-XL toy robot worked before…

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]]> Raspberry Pi retro player https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/02/raspberry-pi-retro-player/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:42:03 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62789 We found this project at TeCoEd and we loved the combination of an OLED display housed inside a retro Argus slide viewer. It uses a Raspberry Pi 3 with Python and OpenCV to pull out single frames from a video and write them to the display in real time.​ TeCoEd names this creation the Raspberry…

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]]> Raspberry Pi + Furby = ‘Furlexa’ voice assistant https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/01/raspberry-pi-furby-furlexa-voice-assistant/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:28:28 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62691 How can you turn a redundant, furry, slightly annoying tech pet into a useful home assistant? Zach took to howchoo to show you how to combine a Raspberry Pi Zero W with Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service software and a Furby to create Furlexa. Furby was pretty impressive technology, considering that it’s over 20 years old. […]

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]]> Atomic TV | The MagPi 97 https://noise.getoto.net/2020/08/27/atomic-tv-the-magpi-97/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:00:52 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62646 Nothing on television worth watching? Ryan Cochran’s TV set is just as visually arresting when it’s turned off, as David Crookes reports in the latest issue of the MagPi magazine, out now. Flat-screen televisions, with their increasingly thin bezels, are designed to put the picture front and centre. Go back a few decades, however, and […]

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