The opening ceremony at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio featured snowboarder Amy Purdy wearing a 3D printed dress, wearing prosthetics printed from the same material as the dress, and dancing with a Kuka robotic arm. The dance was a statement about the merging of the human spirit and technology. “The backstory, which mainstream media passed…
Are you wondering about how can you create your own version of Siri using a Raspberry Pi? Our friend posted on AliceIa.it a great solution to understand the basics about Speech to Text and Text to Speech. First, we need a system that translates our voice into text. In order to that we use the python…
An inspiring news for all the makers who want to contribute spreading science and the scientific method. Google and the author of the article reported are working hard on an open source toolkit to help anyone developing scientific tools, by releasing lots of open source stuff! In 2007 I took part in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) developing…
Great challenge from Zerynth, if you join the survey you can be the lucky one to win the most voted board. And if you vote our Fishino32 you can win two times: by having it for free, and by using the best embedded board of the moment! What is Zerinth? Here is the rationale for…
Marty the Robot is a being promoted through a new indiegogo campaign that’s hoping to introduce robotics to younger generations. What is exactly “Marty”? he is an open-source, fully programmable, WiFI ready and 3D printable robot designed to be incredibly customizable, cute and affordable, going for £85 ($120) on the campaign page. He is the brainchild of University of Edinburgh…
David Both is a Linux and Open Source advocate who resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has worked with linux and open source software form more than 20 years and that turned him into a very nerd grandfather. So, which best gift for his grandchildren than a couple of brand new raspberry pi 3? Those…
The startup that launched the tools to develop embedded solutions in Python language announced the brand change along with the first official release. Exactly one year after the Kickstarter launch of the suite for developing Internet of Things solutions in Python language, Viper becomes Zerynth. It is definitely a big day for the startup that…
In this interview, the lead developer for the project, Edwin Dalmaijer, who works at the University of Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology doing research and programming, provides a fascinating description of PyGaze — an open source toolbox for eye tracking in Python – and the significance of eye tracking in research. My work as a…
After a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter concluded last March, the startup VIPER released the first version of its development suite. As its name implies, VIPER — or “Viper Is Python Embedded in Real-time” — makes it possible for Makers, interactive designers and IoT professionals to create their next connected project in Python for the…
“Learn to code” is the new mantra for the 21st century. What’s often lost in that statement is exactly what makes programming so useful if you’re not planning to switch careers and become a software engineer. That was the beginning of a post dealing with Python programming for not experts. Why should you learn a…
An interesting experiment from Fabio Nelli, dedicated to all the software engineers who need to build or study a parallel computing system. The traditional ones are really expensive but, as you can read below, by using MPI library for python and at least a couple of Raspberry pies, you have a full performing system, almost…
A small, super low power, inexpensive, and 100% Python programmable IoT development board. Few days left to get an early bird pledge, don’t miss it! The team already got nearly 200% funded: The WiPy takes the wireless freedom of WiFi and combines it with the power, flexibility, and ease of use of Python. We designed…
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