The MagPi — Issue 79
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In this month’s The MagPi you’ll find fun kits, robotics, music projects, arcade cabinets, smart home projects, and drones. There’s a make for everybody, and we’re going to share the things we make online.
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- Build a Teachable Machine. Use Google’s new Coral USB Accelerator to build a machine that learns to identify objects
- Develop an Android app. Build and deploy Android apps on a Raspberry Pi
- Tortoise Fridge. Keep a tortoise safe during hibernation with temperature sensors and an old fridge
- Use ANPR in your projects. Follow the Car Spy Pi project to add number plate recognition to your driveway
- Top 10 home automation projects. Control your home with these Raspberry Pi kits
- Win! Mice and Keyboards. Ten brand new Official Raspberry Pi Mice and Keyboard kits up for grabs
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Errata
P.40. Build a Teachable Machine.
- The Edge TPU/API has been updated and doesn’t install edgetpu in the sudo namespace. See the latest installation instructions on this GitHub page.
- The image demonstrates a USB Accelerator connected to a Raspberry Pi 3A+. The USB Accelerator does not currently support the 3A+, and we recommend you use a Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+.
P.42. The Teachable Machine.
sudo cat bcm2835-v4l2 >> /etc/modules
Should read:
echo bcm2835-v4l2 | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
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