20 Awesome Projects for Raspberry Pi Microcomputers

Megan Treacy
Technology / Gadgets
February 5, 2013

Intro

Raspberry Pi -- a tiny, stripped-down $35 computer -- hit the market just one year ago. Since then, almost one million have been sold, becoming the DIY gadget-maker's go-to device. Tinkerers, hobbyists, educators and students and basically anyone who likes to build things have taken to the internet with project after project utilizing Raspberry Pi.

The little computer has controlled robots, reached the upper atmosphere in a weather balloon and become the building block for almost any gadget the mind could dream up. Raspberry Pi is starting to be considered the ultimate tool for teaching computer science to kids, so much so that Google is giving 15,000 of the machines to schools in the UK for that purpose.

With all of the builds out there, it can be overwhelming, but don't worry, we've done the hard work for you. Here are 20 of the best Raspberry Pi projects the web has to offer.