We got musical, retro and nostalgic in a number of ways this month as members of our community shared projects old and new.
Playing the theremin, Clara Rockmore style, gave us ideas with gesture control and modern day equivalents.
And of course Clara’s musical artistry, and performances ‘playing the waves’, gave us more than a few creative ideas to bring back to 2016 and the future.
Another project turning heads and tuning ears was the 8-track hack. Now with a Raspberry Pi embedded in the back of the player there are numerous musical possibilities to hear.
Look out for astro-themed requests at next week’s Mission to Mars Jam.
A collaboration project emerged to set up the drumhat from Pimoroni on one of the Raspberry Pi.
With further plans to crank up the volume and add a pianohat to work in stereo, we have the proverbial Leeds Jam band getting together.
It wasn’t all about music though, as we got updated disco lights on a home automation system and more gaming updates from our media group.
Not forgetting the latest designs in LEGO-Pi cases!
The chance to try out the new Pi-droid device was taken up by many of us asking about the benefits of linking Android to a touch screen through Raspberry Pi.
More information about the Berryboot installer , which turned out to be an ingenious space saver and multi-purpose device with the touchscreen solution, from the link.
Where to next?
We’ll see you at the launch to Mars on Saturday 12th March.
Ground Control is at Swallow Hill Community College, in Leeds. Don’t forget to grab your ticket below. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1……
Claire Garside 
Really enjoyed meeting you all and sharing my 8-track player!
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Great to meet you at the Raspberry Jam and to see so many people asking questions and enjoying your project. I’m intrigued about the possibilities with a diner booth box – sounds like great fun 🙂
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Fascinating. I love the theremin!
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We had a hoot 🙂
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