Trading – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:31:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Growing Raspberry Pi’s presence in Africa https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/05/growing-raspberry-pis-presence-in-africa/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:11:11 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73628 Raspberry Pi is growing our presence in Africa, and we’re keen to talk to businesses and educational organisations in the region to learn and to build partnerships. Developing partnerships As part of our investments in the region, I am delighted to join Raspberry Pi as Strategic Partnerships Manager, and initially I will be focusing on…

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]]> 30-second blood analysis with Raspberry Pi https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/04/30-second-blood-analysis-with-raspberry-pi/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:50:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76126 A portable, affordable Raspberry Pi-powered blood analyser is helping to “establish a robust healthcare ecosystem” in remote parts of India. Samples can be tested in just 30 seconds, and the cost and size of the parts make it an attractive solution for rural and resource-strapped areas. It is the work of researchers Sangeeta Palekar and…

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]]> See what the sounds around you look like with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/01/see-what-the-sounds-around-you-look-like-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:45:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76077 Raspberry Pi Pico powers this real-time audio spectrogram visualiser using a digital microphone to pick up the sound and an LCD display to show us what those sounds ‘look’ like. First things first OK firstly, let’s make sure we know what all of those words mean, because ‘audio spectrogram visualiser’ is a bit of a…

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]]> Machine Learning Prosthetic Arm | The MagPi #110 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/30/machine-learning-prosthetic-arm-the-magpi-110/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:20:50 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76110 This intelligent arm learns how to move naturally, based on what the wearer is doing, as Phil King discovers in the latest issue of The MagPi, out now. Known for his robotic creations, popular YouTuber James Bruton is also a keen Iron Man cosplayer, and his latest invention would surely impress Tony Stark: an intelligent prosthetic…

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]]> Raspberry Pi helped restore this boat to former glory https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/29/raspberry-pi-helped-restore-this-boat-to-former-glory/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:10:57 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72189 Baltic is a handsome 1962 vintage tugboat that was built in Norway, where she operated until the 1980s. She’s now in English waters, having been registered in Southampton once renovations were complete. After some initial hull restoration work in France she sailed to the western Ligurian coast in Italy, where it took about five years…

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]]> Listen to the weather change with The Sky Vane https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/27/listen-to-the-weather-change-with-the-sky-vane/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:44:49 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=75874 The Sky Vane provides the soundtrack to an immersive sky-driven experience. Just lie down on the grass, gaze up at the sky, and listen to the changing soundscape through the day. A Raspberry Pi powers the arresting structure in the middle of the circle of comfy skygazing mats in the photo above, and is connected…

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]]> RetroPie Cyberdeck | HackSpace #47 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/24/retropie-cyberdeck-hackspace-47/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:01:25 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76008 You know we love a good cyberdeck around here, and we think you’ll love this video game emulator fresh from the latest issue of HackSpace magazine, out now. We’ve only just finished printing a series on building a games cabinet using the RetroPie games emulator on a Raspberry Pi… and now something comes along that…

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]]> The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2022 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/23/the-official-raspberry-pi-handbook-2022/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:57:56 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=75952 Get the Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2022 right now! Over 200 pages of Raspberry Pi projects, tutorials, tips, and reviews. Hey folks, Rob from The MagPi here. It’s been a while! I hope you’re doing well. We’ve been on double duty this month. As well as making an amazing new issue of The MagPi (out…

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]]> Automatically tune your guitar with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/21/automatically-tune-your-guitar-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:55:34 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74579 You sit down with your six-string, ready to bash out that new song you recently mastered, but find you’re out of tune. Redditor u/thataintthis (Guyrandy Jean-Gilles) has taken the pain out of tuning your guitar, so those of us lacking this necessary skill can skip the boring bit and get back to playing. Before you…

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]]> Sir Clive Sinclair, 1940-2021 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/17/sir-clive-sinclair-1940-2021/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:44:14 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74630 It’s an incredibly sad day for the British computing industry. We’re always going to be very grateful to Sir Clive for being one of the founding fathers of the UK home computing boom that helped so many of us at Raspberry Pi get hooked on programming as kids. He was someone from whom the business…

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]]> Who remembers E.T. for the Atari 2600? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/16/who-remembers-e-t-for-the-atari-2600/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:16:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74545 In the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, video game pioneer Howard Scott Warshaw reflects on the calamitous E.T. for the Atari 2600. Could it serve as a useful metaphor for real life? When Julius Caesar ran into Brutus on the Ides of March so many years ago, it changed his life dramatically. I would say…

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