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Hi Everyone.

 

Thank you all for applying. This RoadTest is now closed. We are pleased to announce the following members that have been selected to receive a Raspberry Pi:

 

  • GizmoB73
  • Peter Fenech
  • Jodi Curtis

 

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  • I'm currently working on a telepresence robot to do image processing and facial recognition in addition to remote access.  I'd love the power of this board to add some great features to that.

  • i plan to use this to setup a hackable computer for my son to learn with.  I plan to teach him everything I know and learn new things as we go.

  • I / we have a few uses in mind for these things.  One, the main one, is to get them into the hands of the kids in our middle school STEM class.  A bunch of them have been reading Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother" and/or saw the recent play adaptation, so various "paranoid Linux" applications are being discussed.  The solar power possibilities and small size mean that kids have been discussing deploying them on rooftops with wifi routers and similar activities to explore possibilities of a sort of "white hat" darknet.

     

    I'm interested in scientific research options that again leverage the small size, low cost and low power requirements for remote data platforms and similar things.

  • Some of my ideas so far have been:

    • to use it as a basic file server with files stored on a external hard drive and the RPi connected up to the network
    • as a web server with either Apache or lighttpd
    • to track locations so it is used a GPS Tracker, with a GPS dongle I intend to set it up to constantly relay it's location to a web server or via WebSockets (e.g Pusher App) so you can constantly monitor it's location

     

    So many possibilities for such a great little device!

  • I am interested in testing this as a controller for gathering sensor information and displaying it on my Harley. Lateral G force, acceleration, direction (compass), temp, etc. It would also make a great platform for a mobile device. I was thinking I could have my friend make a cool case with his rep rap 3d printer.

  • This is an interesting opportunity to get 'back to the future'.  When I started out in computing operating systems didn't exist and you had no choice but to learn to program in machine code, assembler and then later basic etc.  Raspberry PI represents a great opportunity for today's young computer users to get back to core computing skills which should unleash a new wave of creativity.  Us 'dinasaurs' are looking forward to dusting of our skills and contributing to the initiative.

  • I wonder how great the 3D graphics output of this device will be.

    If it has enough performance to be used as device to display realtime data in 3D

  • God i read some of the idears ppl came up with an i have to say mine is so simplistic in comparason lol.

    when i get one i am simply gonna intergrate it with our TV and set up a simple media interface on it for my wife

    so that she only has to go to the HDMI setting on the tv and can use the Wifi remote i have for the program

    and watch anything she wants of my server box at home.

     

    (saves me from having to set up a laptop every time she downloads a film lol)

     

    Other than that i have a tone of laptop screens at home from fixin laptops i was plannin on making a rasberry

    touch tablet with a lill work on the CNC mill just for myself image

  • I'm thinking about using the RPi as a base for a wearable computer that, I hope, can replace at least some of the features of my smart phone and/or iPad.  I figure I could connect it to either a pico projector or a head-mounted display.  I have an old B&W LCD from a Spy Gear Video Car or I might try using a color LCD I have from a pair of video glasses I have laying around.  Either way, I can't wait to get my hands on one (or more!) of these.  I say "or more" because I've got plenty of ideas for this thing.  I might leave one in my mailbox and have it email me when the mail comes (via a motion-sensing USB webcam) or I might see if I can hack my personal Astromech Droid so that it can be controlled by the RPi.  I could mount one in this old Mac Plus case along with a cheap LCD and annoy the crap out of all my Mac-snob friends :)  THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

  • Lets take this up a notch how about a head mounted display 3D high res capable of real time GPS, Bluetoothing calls and texts, Face detection and identification(imagine adding someone on Facebook by there...... FACEimage). http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/vuzix-smart-glasses-ces-2012/ just add a camera image!!!!!!!!!!!!