[markomalley]

Let me guess: you want to know what a Raspberry Pi is, right?

Raspberry Pi is a low-priced ($35-$40), credit-card sized single board computer that was originally developed to teach schoolchildren basic computer science skills.

As with these type of things, it has become very popular among hobbyists for building all manner of computer projects. The example given above is but one. It is very popular with home automation projects (remote control of lights, air conditioning, etc.) and the like.

Not something for everybody, admittedly, but still, your inner geek has got to say "cool."

[GeronL]

That IPhone looks ancient :p

[HonkyTonkMan]

Waiting for the apple fan boyz to brag how much better the iphone in this picture than the Rasp Pi. I mean it has a protective case AND a UI!!!

Anyhow...good post....Rasp Pi, Adurino are fantastic and actually easy to use. Been building with them for a couple of years. Low cost, very flexible, lot of possibilities.

[Boogieman]

I actually finally thought of a good project that I can justify buying a Pi to use (and a 3d printer too).

I don’t want to give away too many details, because it might be a product I could patent, but I want to use the Pi to control a device with motors that move a mounted piece of equipment, like a camera, on 3 axes of motion. Then the Pi would connect wirelessly to an app on a handheld which had the pan and zoom controls, and controls for a few other things that the software on the Pi would control. I would also need the Pi to transmit video output to an external screen.

Seems pretty do-able to me but I’ll probably save it for a winter project when I’m stuck indoors with a lot of time on my hands to putz around.

[SaveFerris]

bkmk

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Don’t like the seeds in raspberry pie. I’m holding out for Blueberry Pi.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[JJ_Folderol]

I’m currently reading/responding/browsing the net on a Raspberry Pi 2.

[married21]

My kids’ middle school has a Raspberry Pi club.

[backwoods-engineer]

It’s pretty amazing. I have one here at the house that I use for ham radio projects, and I use them at work (I’m an electronics and RF engineer) to quickly prototype stuff, without having to build a circuit board first.

[CriticalJ]

Very popular with the emulation crowd as well.

You can run gameboy, nintendo, genesis, etc emulators on it.

[Pelham]

raspberry pi bookmark

[CreviceTool]

Radio Shack stores (what stores are left) have a “maker” section with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, etc. You can see lots of clever applications at Maker Faires and in http://www.makershed.com/.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Use it to track aircraft above you.

Do you want to build your own FlightAware PiAware ADS-B Ground Station?

[uglybiker]

..., it has become very popular among hobbyists for building all manner of computer projects.

Raspberry Pi
The kind you find at a second-hand store...

[Montana_Sam]

Raspberry Pi 2. Lotsa fun. Add the camera module and install VLC, and instant live streaming video (set it up to watch the hummingbirds). Might do some Christmas light animation. Got one for brother’s kid - he got excited about the Python possibilities; he’s having a fun summer with it.

[ShadowAce]

[SunkenCiv]

I’ve played with the first model (the new one has a zippier processor and better GPU), and it’s just fine for basic surfing, I believe there’s even a version of Open Office that runs on it. A big screen TV with USB port (for power) and HDMI on it is a nice pairing, as long as you rig the RP with a wireless keyboard/mouse.