Vote on our 75 greatest projects

To celebrate the upcoming 75th issue of The MagPi, we’re highlighting the 75 best community projects of the last two years!

Why two years? That’s how long it’s been since issue 50 and the 50 Greatest Projects, and you lot are so amazing that we’ve managed to find 75 fantastic projects that you’ve made since then.

We need you!

We want you to vote on the top 50 from this list for the feature, and you can make your vote over on the Raspberry Pi blog.

Not sure which project to pick? We’ve got a few extra details below…

• Wizard chess – Harry Potter-themed chess that uses magnets to move pieces
• MonomePi – a music box using a Monome and LEGO xylophone
• Pianola – self-playing piano
• Teefax – classic TV information system running on Pi, based on Teletext/Ceefax
• Sisyphus table – a beautiful sand table that pushes a ball around itself to create patterns and images
• Pi Loom – an automated loom
• Pegasus land speed record – breaking the land speed record with some help from a Pi
• QBee dress – a dress with lights that react to social media activity
• Self-playing pipe organ – self-explanatory
• Museum in a box – this project brings museum pieces to everyone, with 3D printed versions of artifacts containing RFID patches that activate descriptive audio
• Zero Phone – a Pi Zero-powered phone
• Tracking telescope – keep your eye on the right stars by using this programmable, moving telescope
• Pi Film Capture – using an old reel-to-reel projector and a Pi camera module to digitally transfer old film
• PolaPi-Zero– an instant Pi camera that thermal prints your photo
• Windows 98 watch – Windows 98 on your wrist
• PiOrder – automated restaurant order system
• Tough Pi-ano – using arcade-buttons to make a piano that can take a hit
• Raspberry Turk – a robot that can play a mean game of chess
• Daily Prophet – Harry Potter-themed newspaper with video displays
• Tele2 VR – experience the day in a life of somebody else
• Dog treat dispenser – automated dog treat dispenser
• Pi0CKET Tiny Pi – a tiny handheld retro gaming machine
• Photo booth – achieve marital bliss with this custom-made wedding photo booth
• Pi Bash – test your strength with this Pi-powered carnival game
• 12-foot electric guitar – a giant guitar that works, thanks to Pi
• Gulliver’s Gate – recreating New York’s Times Square in miniature
• Google Pi intercom – upcycling an old school intercom to work as a Google Assistant
• Waves – see your voice, or at least its waveform
• Pi Deck – Pi-powered DJing with digital music scratching
• Alonso’s robots – cute robots that are full of feelings
• Instagif – take and ‘print’ three-second GIFs
• Mesmeric mirror – motion-sensing illuminated mirror
• FM touch synth – touchscreen synthesizer
• 3D body scanner – create 3D-printable scans of yourself
• C-turtle – a robot that hunts down landmines
• Fred 209 – you have 20 seconds to comply to this Nerf-firing robot
• Rapanui clothing – Pi-powered custom t-shirt printing
• NASA robot artist – this robot arm likes to express itself with drawings
• Tomy Turnin’ Turbo Dashboard Outrun – play arcade classic Out Run on this old-school toy
• Aphex Twin Midimutant – program your eighties synth with a Raspberry Pi
• Mambot – the multi-function robot that can do a lot
• Fruit Nanny – a better baby monitor
• Ethoscope – studying behavioural neuroscience with a Raspberry Pi
• 3D Pac-Man robot – Pac-Man in real life, with player controller ghosts
• Rosie the Red Robot – this robot can play Countdown very well
• Steampunk Pi Jukebox – a jukebox with a distinctive aesthetic
• Watchdog security robot – a robotic security guard recording your actions
• Hearing aid research – more medical science with the Raspberry Pi
• Next Verse – embroidery and music combined for art
• Lunchbox arcade – an arcade machine that fits in a lunchbox
• PiSwitch – a retro handheld with the functionality of a Nintendo Switch
• qrocodile – control SONOS with QR codes read by a Pi-powered crocodile
• Pixel – electromechanical display – an analogue display controller digitally
• LED Matrix table – a big table with big LEDs, powered by Pi
• Kodak Brownie camera – upcycling a classic Kodak camera with a Pi
• CNC embroidery – program embroidery like you would any other CNC
• Sofi the Robot Fish – a submersible robot that moves like a fish
• Teslonda – fusing an old Honda with a new Tesla using a Pi
• Thermal paper polaroid – take instant photos that print on thermal paper
• Enzo’s activity board – a child friendly, and safe, activity board with buttons and lights
• Cocktail machine – automated cocktail dispensing
• Seeing Wand – use AI to tell you what the Pi can see
• Ghost chess – use magnets to move chess pieces like magic
• Trading card organiser – figure out how much your collection is worth
• Project MyHouse – an automated doll house
• Vomit comic robot – randomly generated comics spit out by a robot
• Ghost detector – a Pi-build filled with sensors in an attempt to discover the paranormal
• Squirrel cafe – creating a cafe for squirrels in an attempt to predict the weather
• Robot Glockenspeil – a robot glockenspiel that uses Sonic Pi
• Nemo Pi – keeping an eye on coral reefs
• Little Green Tower – an aeroponics tower to grow veg on
• Space weather station – keeping an eye on the weather in space
• Draw this – turn photos into cartoons
• Hoverbot – a robot made out of a hoverboard
• Aquaponic Domestic Garden – a balanced eco-system of fish and plant that feeds each other