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10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi

There are a lot of projects out there which now have a hope of moving forward because of the Raspberry Pi. Thinking about this another way, consider its capabilities in general terms:

1. Small form factor
2. Low power consumption
3. Open hardware architecture
4. Linux (well documented and open) OS
5. Network capable
6. Best graphics of any device in its class

What it needs is a simple programming environment for kids and adults to use it and an expansion board to plug it into projects... Oh wait! They already did it. search for these items:

Hardware:
Gertboard
PiDuino
PiFace
RPi Serial breakout

IDE and languages:
Qt Creator
Eclipse
Scratch (MIT)
Processing

With this toolkit it becomes quite challenging to identify what the Raspberry Pi, a low cost board, free software, and one's imagination cannot do.

Hey these are some extremely cool uses for this nifty little machine. Although it is only a simple machine the processing power can be expanded upon very easily through expansion boards you mentioned about the robots. Check out the link to see what the Gadget Show 2012 Raspberry Pi representative had to say about the product.
http://www.mobilesplease.co.uk/news/gadget-show/raspberry-pi/

At $40 a piece a 14 way Beowulf cluster is $560 using my spare 16 way Gigabit switch and an old network attached HDD, just need to get sufficient 5v for the 14 boards

Someone already has a WIP on clustering ARMs, but I was thinking Knoppix for the distro

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/canonical-builds-a-42-core-arm-cluster-server-box-for-ubuntu-20110613/

Just need to convince my wife that it's a really useful thing to have about the house, any ideas on what I could possibly use a 14 CPU ARM cluster for? ("The hell of it" doesn't count with SWMBO)

Having ordered a Pi nearly two months ago it would be nice if the developers actually started shipping the PI so I can start experimenting with some of these projects

With some custom code and a basic lcd touch screen and battery, a great tool for checking IP connectivity or using other USB attachements to check and test computer components?

Great ideas. I'm still waiting for my Raspberry but in the meantime I have found a great looking case http://www.raspberry-pi-case.net/

Not being able to use Lovefilm and Netflix is no big deal since there's so many other (and better) sources for shows and movies but I'm suspicious of how well the the RPI will work for streaming online video given it's very small amount of ram. I've tried streaming with 512mb and it occasionally stalls (6MBps 2wire).

The only unique thing about the RPI is the price. There are many of these boards out there by different manufacturers. The Gooseberry for example has twice the memory and wifi for about 63 dollars American.

http://liliputing.com/2012/06/gooseberry-developer-boards-40-alternative-raspberry-pi.html

Yeah these are pretty cool , check another 5 Cool uses for the raspberry pi I recommend you :
http://www.tancosin.com/Gadgets/5-cool-uses-for-raspberry-pi/

I have some more Raspberry Pi projects I have collected as well. Some probably more recent than others as I compiled them 3-4 days ago. http://draalin.com/raspberry-pi-projects/

Wonder what they will come out with next. Something that can do my homework I hope lol.