fun raspberry pi projects

Elliot_idek

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Anyone suggest any fun raspberry pi projects?
Just got a raspberry pi 3. (I have been using the Pi 2 for a while)
Wondered if anyone knew of any easy projects.
Thanks, in advance. :3
 
Retropie and a PS3 controller is working pretty sweet at my house. I 3d printed a NES case for it too.

I have a Pi 1 setup with OpenVPN so I can get in to my network at home. It was more of just a learning project.

I ripped all of my Simpsons DVD's to mkv, which are all on my MythTV box on my network. I have a Pi2 that has the location mapped to it. Then I have an app on my phone that calls a python script which plays a random simpsons episode. I lifted the idea from someones blog post I read on G+
 


Magic mirror, nice! That may be next for me.

I experimented with my own thermostat a while back. I have a 7" touch screen that I was tinkering with. I did the gui in python, had the weather and such. It functioned pretty well, took into account what the forecast should be for whether it should be in heat mode or cool mode. The touch screen was kind of a POS so I scrapped it. I may buy the official pi touch screen and pick it back up again.