I’ve been looking for a Raspberry Pi project to get my teeth into and, after a flash of inspiration whilst planning our Scouts programme for the year, have finally found the perfect project. The Final Frontier Space has always held a fascination with me, and it’s now possible to launch, track and recover a payload, with GPS tracking, real-time video and telemetry on a modest budget, certainly one our Scout group can afford. Inspired by a …
A minor update to the blog; finally moved it off a sub-domain to the main site, and moved the demos to a sub-domain. The domain was originally purchased by my for my kids so that they could learn web development, but was never used. My daughter is now doing a GCSE in Computer Science, so I’ll be setting up a new sub-domain for her to experiment on. In addition to this, and in light of …
I’ve had a busy year with most of my time spent setting up a new family business, a self-catering holiday let in Sheringham. This has involved several challenges, namely: The website (www.theprairie.co.uk) Home automation Home entertainment We don’t live particularly local to The Prairie so the home automation side of things appeals to me. The first project is complete, installation of a Hive heating controller. A full review of how that went can be found …