
Socket.io – to handle the connection between our remote and our TV via websockets.Raspbian – a fork of Debian designed for the Raspberry Pi.SD/MicroSD card (8 GB+) (check out NOOBS).A USB WiFi dongle or Ethernet cable (Tested on Edimax WiFi Dongle).The RaspberryPi (Tested on Raspberry Pi model I-B, I-B+ and II-B).This article was originally posted at his blog. He is currently a researcher at the MIT Media Lab – Responsive Environments.ĭonald has also created the RaspberryPi-Tv, in which he shares with us a tutorial on how to build your own Google TV with it.

He organizes, facilitates, and mentors startup events, and has also personally won several awards for his projects, including n!mp, a SoundCloud + Jamendo Music player with a web mobile remote app, and meeneeme, a Tamagotchi game based on your Foursquare checkins. Codementor Donald Derek is a conference speaker, an open-source advocate, a maker and an activist.
