It’s not a PC or a Mac but the Raspberry Pi from Newark. “It's a computer so simple, anyone can tinker with it.”
Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card and powerful as the old Xbox, that was designed as an introduction to science, technology, engineering, and math for UK grade schoolers, and its low price tag has made it appealing to hobbyists all over the world.
Proving that anyone can use it , here are some cool things kids did this year:
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Comment below! If you could have any electronic project built, no matter how crazy, what would you want built?
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Cannot wait to get your hands on one? You can buy a Raspberry Pi Model A or B from alot of places online but Element 14 is an official corporate member of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
I would build (if i knew how anyway...which i don't) a bionic arm, no...many bionic arms. That either respond to electrical signals or brainwaves or neurotransmitters...t he point is i would have mechanical arms that move like humans arms do. Then i would make them thought controlled from a distance. Then i would put them around the house so that i could just think, and have these arms do everything for me while i sat down
I would especially like one that is hidden in the toilet bowl and pops out when i *, so that when i'm done, it wipes my ass for me But again, i don't know how to do any of this.
ahh I've been trying to get my hands on one for a while D:
I would build an alternative alarm clock. You know those ones that run away from you? something like that, but with a really, really annoying feature like making you enter the capital to some random country before it turns off. Would be neat if it could be programmed to speak to you (ie. argue with you) as well. Like Jarvis, essentially. And it should be durable so that when you get angry in the morning and you try to destroy it, it you can't.
I would build (if i knew how anyway...which i don't) a bionic arm, no...many bionic arms. That either respond to electrical signals or brainwaves or neurotransmitters...t he point is i would have mechanical arms that move like humans arms do. Than i would make them thought controlled from a distance. Then i would put them around the house so that i could just think, and have these arms do everything for me while i sat down
I would especially like one that is hidden in the toilet bowl and pops out when, so that when i'm done, it wipes my ass for me But again, i don't know how to do any of this.
reminds me of a certain metal armed soldier !
but LOL I thought you were going to say to help people who have amputated limbs or something.
laziness ftw I guess
I would especially like one that is hidden in the toilet bowl and pops out when, so that when i'm done, it wipes my ass for me But again, i don't know how to do any of this.
lol, I think you may have invented a less efficient version of the bidet .
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reminds me of a certain metal armed soldier !
but LOL I thought you were going to say to help people who have amputated limbs or something.
laziness ftw I guess
Well that's a byproduct i took into consideration.
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lol, I think you may have invented a less efficient version of the bidet .
There's a worldwide water crisis. I think you meant an environmentally friendly version of bidet
It seems like a super cool thing to tinker around with :O I'd build something that would control the internal temperature of my room so that I could avoid being too hot or too cold. (Yes, I know those things exist, but I don't have one).
reminds me of a certain metal armed soldier !
but LOL I thought you were going to say to help people who have amputated limbs or something.
laziness ftw I guess
Laziness ? Sure but think of the applications this could have. Imagine hospitals, old age home and other places where people have to take care of others. Something like this could cut down on the work they have to do.
Any can comment, just curious what kind of things people can envision, no matter what program you are in. Everyone has ideas!!!
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Laziness ? Sure but think of the applications this could have. Imagine hospitals, old age home and other places where people have to take care of others. Something like this could cut down on the work they have to do.
Any can comment, just curious what kind of things people can envision, no matter what program you are in. Everyone has ideas!!!
that's very true! but in the context of suspect's whole post it sounded like laziness
I'd make something similar to the Google Glass lookalike project you linked. As cool as the GGs are (and as long as I've been waiting for wearable computing) they're a little pricey and it'd be economical and educational to try to make my own. You can't deny it'd be fun, and who doesn't want to walk around campus with a computer on their face?
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*, so that when i'm done, it wipes my ass for me
But again, i don't know how to do any of this.
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