What to do with a Raspberry Pi

I’m trying to think of some ideas for what to do with a Raspberry Pi.

There’s just so many things that people have done with these little $35 computers that it is overwhelming to think of what to do with one.

Here’s a list of ideas I’ve scoured from the web:

• Webcam server
• Vehicle tracking (using an add-on GPS module)
• Streaming internet radio box
• Vehicle Diagnostics, full OBDII logger with touch screen interface
• Baby monitor
• Media server by adding a couple of USB hard drives
• Media receiver (hopefully we’ll get a port of XBMC or PLEX)
• Video chat
• Game emulator, running MAME (build your own arcade cabinet?)
• Network Attached Storage setup (NAS)
• Mini web server
• FTP server
• Proxy server
• Print server
• Firewall
• Portable Media PC
• Run an alarm system
• Security webcam (with motion sensor)
• Control garden lighting
• Control sprinkler system
• Wearable computer
• HTPC for TV web browsing
• HTPC for streaming Netfilx / Hulu etc
• In car Computer
• Thin client computer
• Game server
• IRC / chat server
• build a cheap laptop
• build a cheap tablet
• create a digital photo frame
• Asterisk VOIP server
• PBX
• Home automation system
• MP3 player
• Portable personal computer, you can use it anywhere you can find a monitor.
• multitouch screen coffee table
• Wall hanging screen with voice control for network pictures, weather, news and RSS feeds
• Cyber Cafe computer
• Video conferencing system
• Personal weather station / logger
• Control a light display
• Control an LED board
• Put it in an old mac classic or mac plus case as a general purpose computer
• Intelligent photo frame with touch
• Wardriving setup
• A dedicated Synth, possibly with touch screen
• Solar powered desktop computer
• CNC controller
• High tech birthday / Xmas presents
• Backup server
• RSS ticker
• High tech alarm clock
• Mini projector
• DOSBox for games
• Processing farm for SETI@Home
• Cafe media player
• Brains for Arduino setup
• Mumble server
• Industrial manufacturing controller
• TOR server
• BitTorrent seedbox
• Family notice board
• CD / DVD ripping device
• Car black box with video
• Wall mounted, interactive mood lamp
• Robotic telescope / camera controller
• Display photographer portfolio images
• BitTorrent client
• SMS gateway
• BrewPi – beer brewing control
• Kitchen TV/computer
• Internet connected photo frame
• Home monitoring
• Digital signage
• Personal/home/work dashboard

So many good ideas it’s hard to choose.