PiBorg UltraBorg

Designed for Raspberry Pi robotics projects, does the expandable UltraBorg deliver on its promises or let us down?

Designed primarily for the Raspberry Pi yet compatible with any microcomputer or microcontroller that can speak inter-integrated circuit (I2C) – including the popular Arduino and compatible – PiBorg’s UltraBorg is built with one task in mind: robotics.

Use an Android device as a Raspberry Pi screen

Connect to a Pi with your phone or tablet using VNC as a secondary or actual display

There are a few ways to attach a display to a Raspberry Pi. The ones that everyone is most familiar with are the HDMI port, which can go straight into your monitor or TV, or via the GPIO ports with a portable screen. One avenue that is rarely pursued is using VNC software to remotely view the Raspberry Pi desktop using another computer entirely.

Monitor your local network with NagiosPi

Embrace the power of Nagios to keep an eye on servers, switches and applications on your network

Is your PC offline? Has your Linux box stopped serving Minecraft or Counter-Strike? If you’re out of the house, or even the country, there is no real way of knowing without trying to log in – something you probably won’t be able to do without being on the premises (unless you’re using remote desktop software).

Add a battery pack to your Raspberry Pi

Don’t leave your Raspberry Pi behind – incorporate it into mobile projects by powering it with AA batteries

Your Raspberry Pi’s mobility is usually restricted by the length of the power lead. Rather than limiting it to your desk or living room, however, you can use it for mobile projects as diverse as launching it into near-Earth orbit or monitoring and automating your garden.

Improve Productivity on Windows 10

Windows 10 brings a lot of new features to the table. It also reworks a lot of the old ones to the state they should’ve been in at the launch of Windows 8. Old favourites such as AeroSnapping have been expanded, allowing you to organise your workspace a little easier, and finally we have the fabled ‘Task View’ button, allowing us to see all open applications at once – something that Apple users have had for years. There’s also command prompt now having copy and paste, and, of course, the hallowed DirectX 12 making its debut. But what other interesting tidbits has Microsoft given us to make our lives that little bit better?