Building a Robotic Jeff Probst
This past year, I found myself helping to organize a Survivor weekend, with some pretty tricky advanced robotic needs. I was pretty sure it could all be done, but had...
Posts tagged "raspberry pi"
Glass vs Reflective Film Smart Mirror Showdown
After upgrading my Smart Mirror from a reflective film mirror to a glass two way mirror, I thought it would be interesting to attempt a (semi) scientific comparison between the...
Haunted Home Automation
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays of the year. One reason for this is that it's totally optional and low stress. People can get exactly as in to it...
Automated Plant Watering with a Raspberry Pi
This post starts with two facts: 1\. I have a penchant for killing plants. 2\. People in Holland grow things really well indoors. After reading about how well things can...
The All-Seeing Pi
This post is a about vision enhancement platform called The All-Seeing Pi that I have been working on with my friend Dan, who is blind. People who are blind rarely...
Launch a Script Using Alexa Voice Commands
In a previous post, I showed how you can build a smart mirror with an Alexa voice assistant on board. The MagicMirror software and Alexa voice assistant were both hosted...
DIY Smart Mirror ft. Alexa
Materials 1. Computer Monitor. Buy used and look for cable inputs that point down or sideways instead of straight out. 22" recommended (I used Acer AL2216 ) 2. Video cable....
From the Vault: PICHEC Raspberry Pi Cluster
I want to document this project, as it is one of my favourite projects to date. This took place about 4 years ago while I was working at the Irish...
Raspberry Pi Bot Server
My trusty RPi3 twitter bot server "starkiller". So let's say you've got a twitter bot that you want running 24/7, but you don't want it running on your personal system....
DIY Alexa Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
Amazon did something really cool. They made their Alexa voice assistant code open source and cross platform. That means instead of buying their Amazon Echo to get a home assistant,...