Take a Rasbperry Pi and some edible taproots and make yourself a musical instrument.
In this installation of our Raspberry Pi Projects, we'll take a look at making an interactive Pi by connecting up a Pi with beets a capacitive touch sensor which allows a person to play with their food.
This is the same technology as those light switches that one simply touches the base of a lamp, as an example, to turn the light on or off. By touching the beets, the Pi will play a drum sample.
OK, I think it would be safe to say that this project does not have to use beets.
You could probably use something a little less... beet like... say, radishes... or potatoes... or carrots... and use your beets for as they were intended, in a nice bowl of Borscht.
The basic instructions are on Scott's web page about the Beetbox, of course. The presentation there is not as detailed as an instructables is. Although they are straightforward enough and include links to all the parts and information about putting it together and programming it.
BeetBox from Scott Garner on Vimeo.
After completing this project, or at least after reading through the instructions, one should have a fairly clear understanding about how to use capacitive touch sensors in a project.
Enjoy.
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