EPISODE · Apr 10, 2017 · 12 MIN
How to Make Smart Blinds using Facial Detection
from Siraj Raval
Etan and I are going to show you how to make smart blinds using the Raspberry Pi and some components! The blinds will detect if a person is near it using facial detection and open. When a person moves away, it will close. We attached a servo motor to the blind to get it to do this automatically. I met Etan when I was attending Columbia in NYC and now he's a software engineer at Square. I've known him as a hardware hacker, so I thought it'd be fun to collab! We started off soldering in a board, but in the end we decided to use a breadboard instead (so no need to solder) This was a 2 day project. Code and instructions for this project: https://github.com/llSourcell/hardware_demo Please subscribe! And like. And comment. That's what keeps me going. Etan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/etanz?lang=en More learning resources: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-picamera/worksheet/ https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-8-using-a-servo-motor/hardware https://learn.adafruit.com/category/raspberry-pi http://docs.opencv.org/2.4.13/doc/tutorials/tutorials.html Join us in the Wizards Slack channel: http://wizards.herokuapp.com/ And please support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3191693 Follow me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirajraval Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sirajology Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval/
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Etan and I are going to show you how to make smart blinds using the Raspberry Pi and some components! The blinds will detect if a person is near it using facial detection and open. When a person moves away, it will close. We attached a servo motor to the blind to get it to do this automatically. I met Etan when I was attending Columbia in NYC and now he's a software engineer at Square. I've known him as a hardware hacker, so I thought it'd be fun to collab! We started off soldering in a board, but in the end we decided to use a breadboard instead (so no need to solder) This was a 2 day project. Code and instructions for this project: https://github.com/llSourcell/hardware_demo Please subscribe! And like. And comment. That's what keeps me going. Etan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/etanz?lang=en More learning resources: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-picamera/worksheet/ https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-8-using-a-servo-motor/hardware https://learn.adafruit.com/category/raspberry-pi http://docs.opencv.org/2.4.13/doc/tutorials/tutorials.html Join us in the Wizards Slack channel: http://wizards.herokuapp.com/ And please support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3191693 Follow me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirajraval Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sirajology Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval/
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How to Make Smart Blinds using Facial Detection
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