Maybe this is where Raspberry Pi meets the internet of things, we are not sure, but the project has certainly been a huge success on the Kickstarter crowd-funding website.

Called the PiJuice, the aim was to “to remove a barrier to entry from portable Pi projects,” said Aaron Shaw, who developed PiJuice with Harry Gee from PiBot.

They have created a number of modular add-on boards with associated tutorials and projects including a Raspberry Pi games console, a compact camera, a Pocket Pi and more.

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The kit includes the PiJuice module and a 1,400mAh lithium-ion battery. Functionality of the module include a real-time clock, a deep sleep state mode of operation with wake on interrupt.

The kits are already available to purchase from the PiJuice Kickstarter page and are being uploaded as free guides on Instructables.

There is a solar-powered Raspberry Pi design, called PiJuice Solar which adds functionality to enable truly autonomous, self-monitoring operation of the Raspberry Pi. This can be used in weather stations, remote camera systems for nature watching.

There are also plans for what the developers called “affordable wind and thermoelectric power generation”.

“When creating Raspberry Pi projects outdoors we’ve also been interested in using solar power as it is free and renewable. We’ve worked hard to create an efficient and low cost solution that will open up new off-grid and sustainable applications for the Raspberry Pi,” said Shaw

“We are really interested in what you want to do with your own PiJuice. We want to create the projects that appeal to you the most, so please suggest us your ideas,” said Shaw.