Raspberry Pi developing a camera module for DIY photographers

<p>For any of you photographers that were feeling left out of <a href="http://bit.ly/27ItuFB" target="_blank">all the fun that tinkerers were having</a> with the <a href="http://bit.ly/26nCm2K" itemprop="url" target="_bank" title="Raspberry"><strong>Raspberry</strong></a> Pi microcomputer, your time has come. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that they are making a camera module that should be released in the next few months.</p> <p>The photo above is of the final hardware, but <a href="http://bit.ly/1qzasQ3" target="_blank">the foundation says</a> tweaks are still being made to the drivers to take it from “pretty good” to “bleedin’ marvellous.”</p> <p>Wired <a href="http://bit.ly/27Itoh3" target="_blank">reports</a>, “Technical details are blurry. The exact sensor size is unknown, but five megapixels is the likely size according to official comments on RPi forums. Makers won’t be able to change lenses, add physical filters, or even zoom, but the camera module will be capable of HD video capture.”</p> <p>The tiny board’s specs come in at 20x25x10mm and will cost a mere $25. According to official responses on the Raspberry Pi Foundation site, the lens is from the same kit as for a mobile phone, so while it’s not interchangeable, it’s possible you could play around with some of the smartphone photography accessories available.</p> <p>Potential applications include robotics, home automation, <a href="http://bit.ly/1qzadob" target="_blank">wildlife monitoring</a> and, based on the responses on the forums, the world should be prepared for lots of aerial photography. 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Home brewer makes a digital tap list using Raspberry Pi

<p>The greenest way to drink beer is to brew it and consume it in your own home. For those of you considering or just getting started on home brewing, here’s how to get hopping even <a href="http://bit.ly/27Itlln" target="_blank">in a small apartment kitchen</a>. But if you’ve already mastered the art and want a geeky way to keep track of what’s on tap in your home, a first-time tinkerer going by the name <a href="http://bit.ly/1qzafMT" target="_blank">SchrodingersDrunk</a> on Reddit has rigged up this cool digital tap list display using our favorite DIY platform, <a href="http://bit.ly/27ItuFB" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi</a>, and a 19″ Samsung monitor.</p> <p>Wired <a href="http://bit.ly/1qzak2R" target="_blank">reports</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The project got started when the mysterious brewmeister and his roommate decided, over a few beers, to turn up the heat on their alcohol production. One would build a proper kegerator, while the other would develop a tablet interface to keep track of what was on tap. Their stopgap solution had been a simple whiteboard, but the duo was intrigued by the notion of interactivity. “We’d seen digital tap displays in a couple bars…. We figured that would be nearing overkill (read: the perfect solution for us) and didn’t really look back,” he writes.</p> <p>The only problem was Schrodinger, an English major in college, didn’t have any real experience with electronics or software. “My lowest grade in college was the one computer science course I took, so the mere fact that I’ve cobbled together enough to code to have something that works is a small miracle,” he explains.</p> </blockquote> <p>Not necessarily a miracle, but a great testament to how the Raspberry Pi has made makers out of novices and experts alike. With no previous experience, Schrodinger pieced together his creation, called Kegerface, by relying on online tutorials and communities that helped him fix issues as they came up.</p> <p>On Reddit, he says about the project, “More or less, Kegerface is a thrown-together php page (I am not a programmer by any measure) that reads from a shared Google Spreadsheet and then displays the information all nice. The interface part of Kegerface is still a work in progress. The goal is to be able to click on a beer and get the recipe and tasting notes, but I am still trying to find a way to display the information that looks good and plays nice with the pi.”</p> <p>For those who want to follow in his footsteps, he’s made the project available on <a href="http://bit.ly/27IthSw" target="_blank">GitHub</a>and answers questions over on <a href="http://bit.ly/1qzafMT" target="_blank">Reddit</a>.</p> <div id="huge-it-share-buttons-top" class="huge-it-share-buttons nobackground"> <h3>Share This:</h3> <ul class="huge-it-share-buttons-list"> <li class=" nobackground"><a href="http://bit.ly/1XReO0c" id="backforunical694" name="backforunical694" onclick="javascript:void window.open('http://bit.ly/1XReO0c','1410949501326','width=700,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,status=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,left=0,top=0');return false;" style="background-position: -0px -120px" target="_blank"></a></li> <li class=" nobackground"><a 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