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Category Archives: computers
Streaming internet radio on FM
Years ago I remember thinking how amazing it was that the Raspberry Pi could be turned into an FM radio transmitter with nothing more than a short piece of wire and some code. Back then you could only transmit audio … Continue reading
Emojify your Python
I’ve been thinking of ways of sharing Python programs on Twitter and I’ve come up with something a bit crazy, but which might have other uses. The micro:bit Python emojifier encodes and condenses Python programs using emojis. It also decodes … Continue reading
micro:bit numbers station
Numbers stations are / were spooky shortwave radio stations, best known from the Cold War, which broadcast human voices reading numbers, usually in groups of five. It’s widely assumed these were / are used by many nations for communicating with … Continue reading
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Simple micro:bit video out
I love making little computers and getting video out from Arduinos and even micro:bits – IchiconQuest is a lovely self-contained, if eccentric, computer you can make with a micro:bit that has video out. I stumbled upon the video above remarkably … Continue reading
BASYS nostalgia fest
BASYS was a newsroom computer system used very widely in the 1980s and 90s by many radio and TV broadcasters: the BBC and ITN in the UK, CNN and NBC in the USA, the ABC in Australia and probably many … Continue reading