Thursday, April 12, 2018

New Mystery Machine? An Electric One?

I think it is cool that Volkswagen has come out with a newer microbus. This one has that old one look but with an updated features and look; totally retro. I read that VW will make this.


This is the ID Buzz. It looks really nice. I read that it is supposed to go into production It is supposed to have a good range. 
I think this version of the Mystery Machine is way cool. It would be neat if they used it in the next Scooby Doo movie. It would be cool if this is an option when one is buying a VW ID Buzz. I would definitely consider it. I can see the inside being filled with equipment that the Mystery Inc would use to solve mysteries and a place for Scooby Doo. 


I also like these other variations.
I think this is a cool and green update on the VW camper. Being electric, one would definitely want a camp site with electric outlet so one can recharge the vehicle's batteries for the trip home.

 I think a fuel cell would give it extra power when needed and extend the range. I have been reading about fuel cells. It would be faster refilling the hydrogen tanks than charging the batteries. 

I think this microbus / pickup combo is cool and green but I am not sure how useful it would be since it is battery powered and does not have a gas engine of some sort. I think in cases like this, a gas engine would give that much more power and reliability and range. The upside is that it does have that 'macho' look to it. It looks powerful. I just hope the electric power / batteries is able to deliver what it looks like it can. 

I think this is neat. It even works with the original air cooled VW microbus. I like this one since it has a lot of windows. I think this one is very well done. I think it is even better on the newer microbus. 


It seems the Mystery Machine has taken different shapes. I like this one the best. I think this one is the one closest to the one that the VW ID Buzz would come closest to looking like. 






30 Fantastic Raspberry Pi 3 Cases to 3D Print

There is an article at the ALL3DP site that is really cool and nerdy. It is on cases for the Raspberry Pi board and they are 3-D printed. The article provides and information on the design, on who made it and where it can be downloaded from. The have photos of the different cases that they report on plus information on the cases.

The Raspberry Pi is an affordable little computer board that (per the site) one can learn code with. They have a blog. They have downloads. There is a community section. There is a help section. There is a forum section. There is an education section. The have a magazine called MagPi that one can download.

One of my pet peeves about cases is how plain and boring they are. It is just a box. One could make it a little more interesting with some color and/or stickers. One could add the companies logo; sticker or in 3-D. Most seem to be a plain boring box that is just a box.

The ALL3DP site is a 3-D printer new site. It covers both the hardware and the software. It also covers projects one can do with a 3-D printer. They have some interesting articles on or related to 3-D printing.

There are other sites that cover 3-D printing. I am checking them out.

I came across a site - years ago - with custom cases for the mini-itx boards. It is Mini-Itx. They have a section where people created custom cases for this board. Mini-Itx Projects.

This is one of the cases shown. I included a photo from the article site since I like it resembles an old gaming console. Perhaps one could use it with an game emulator to 'recreate' the game console? I like how one can chose the colors. 

I think this is cool since it resembles the PAC Man character from the game of the same name. It too is shown on the article site. 

I think this is neat since it is a mini-tower for a mini board. The article has others cool cases but I just chose these three to give an example of what was done on the site. I like the use of colors and the Raspberry Pi logo on the side. 








Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Pi Laptop?

I came across this laptop kit that uses the Raspberry Pi board. It is really neat since one assembles it before using it. I have not bought one, yet (perhaps in the future). I do think it is cool. One can learn about computers and the software when one assembles this computer. 

I think this is neat. It is a laptop that uses the Raspberry Pi computer board. It is a kit. One assembles it oneself. I think one could learn a lot by putting it together. 
I like the clean look of the Pi Top. It is a very simple design.

One can see the placement of the Raspberry Pi inside the case. 

One can see the power port? 

It seems thick but this is probably to accommodate the Raspberry Pi board.

It has a nice shape; traditional laptop size.

Here is all that one gets, per the site where this photo was taken from.

I like the traditional laptop look to it. 

 One can see the Raspberry board that is inside.


A couple of places that has the Pi Top.