Articles by David Crookes

RUHAcam

Ruha Cheng and Penk Chen have created a printable retro-style, high-quality digital camera. David Crookes sees no negatives

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Apple iPad Magic Mirror

Salvaging a smashed first-gen iPad by combining it with Raspberry Pi Zero

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Floppy Controller Board

Dr Scott M Baker is giving his old stash of floppy disks a new lease of life, as David Crookes discovers

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Drinks Machine

Spencer Organ has been allowing his creative juices to flow by building a thirst-quenching automated drinks machine, as David Crookes discovers

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Raspberry Pi Refrigerator

Your Raspberry Pi computer can look after the delicious pies in the freezer, as David Crookes discovers

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The smart crust-cutting robot

This innovative invention by Andrew DeGonge is arguably the best thing since sliced bread, as David Crookes discovers

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Automated camera-based drone landing system

When Dr Chinthaka Premachandra and his team looked to autonomously land a drone using our favourite computer, it was certainly no pie in the sky idea, as David Crookes discovers

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Real-time bee monitor

Researchers are buzzing with excitement after devising a low-cost method of monitoring wild bees, as David Crookes discovers

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Amiga Pi 600

Billy Nesteroulis has created an Amiga computer for the modern user, as David Crookes explains

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WeCount Traffic Sensors

Citizen scientists are helping researchers to monitor traffic data in six European cities and it’s thanks to Raspberry Pi, as David Crookes discovers

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Cheap All Sky Camera

Keen astronomers can keep an eye on the night sky and capture meteors and satellites, as David Crookes explains

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PiTubeDirect

David Banks has used Raspberry Pi to expand the capability of one of retro computing’s most iconic machines, as David Crookes discovers

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