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AWS Summit 2018 - Awesome Experience

On Thursday, the 10th of May, I was invited to AWS Summit, as a member of Coolest Projects team. It was an early start, I woke up at 5 O'Clock. It was sunny but cold and although the journey was very long, I was still enthusiastic about the day.                                        When we reached ExCel London, we saw huge queues, but we were escorted as VIP guests by a nice AWS lady to the registration desk, where we were given our badges with our names on it.                                   We were then greeted by AWS Ninja. I had my picture taken with him.  All the Coolest Projects were allocated to a special place called the "Builders Fair".                                     ...

Coolest Project UK 2018 - My Experience

This Saturday on the 28th of April 2018, I went to Coolest Projects UK, organized by Raspberry PI foundation in Here East, Stratford London.It was a long journey and the weather was very cold, but I was very excited to show my project to everyone. The event organizers registered and provided all the participants with a shirt and a lanyard with our name and projects name on them.Then, I was allocated to a table with my name and my project name on.Next to me, was a team of children that had made a Zombie Apocalypse project.                                                                   My Presentation Table and Ninja Shirt There were four categories which included web pages, scratch, hardware and mobile applications.Many children took part in those categories.There were four brilliant Science Shows, I had the chance...

Controlling LED with BBC Micro:Bit

In this project we are going to control a LED light with one of the micro:bit buttons. Component required: Micro:bit Breakout board Breadboard LED Push button 2 female to male jumper wires Diagram of how all these components connect together looks like this

Google AIY voicekit

I found about the Google AIY voice kit on MagPi .It included a yellow button and a four daughter plug and a five wire plug , a voice hat , a microphone hat, tow stands to fit in the raspberry pi , the voice hat , and the speaker and two sets of cardboard.The only problem was that I couldn't find it anywhere online. Then one day I found Pimoroni.It was available there.I bought it straight away.Thanks to their very expiditious service I received it in a few days.I was very enthusiastic.I unpacked it .I had to fit the voice hat onto my own raspberry Pi.Then I had to follow the well thought instructions to make the box over the raspberry Pi.Then I had to burn AIY image onto a micro sd card.Burning it wasn't difficult .The only problem was finding time to work on it.I thought about it and decided to do it on Saturday. On Saturday morning I downloaded the apparatus onto the Raspberry Pi.I had to check the speaker and microphone .Then I had to enable a few different services.Then...

Facts about Lovebirds

Lovebirds are a native of the African Continent.They are the smallest species of parrots and they have a 10-15years lifespan. They eat vegetables, seeds, fruits, and grass.Black-winged lovebirds eat insects and figs.                                    Lovebirds have 9 different species. Their size is 13-17 centimeters in length and weight is about 40-60 grams. They are monogamous and are affectionate, social and intelligent. They become aggressive without their companion and when reunited bond with them by feeding. Lovebirds like to live in the holes of trees, rocks, and shrubs.

How to make Artificial Snow and Snowman