In 2016, Edinburgh-based Robotical introduced their robotic platform, Marty the Robot. Successfully funded through a Crowdfunding campaign, the robot has now been updated to version 2, via another successful campaign, and is now available to buy from their online shop.…
Category: Education
Trying out a Raspberry Pi Pico carrier and experimentation board – the Pico 360
It’s always nice when something new arrives in the post and it’s unexpected! Andrew Gale from PocketMoneyTronics has done great things in the past with his subscription-based soldering kits. This time, he has created a carrier board for the Raspberry…
Creating a Home Education School Clock with a Raspberry Pi and an Inky wHAT
Mike: Here’s a guest post from my friend David Booth who you can find on Twitter here and on the web here. This is a great project for the current times we live in (because of the high probability of…
My very first micro:bit post – a work-in-progress resources page!
Here goes… my first micro:bit post. 🙂 I asked on Twitter whether there were any blogs out there for the micro:bit. I was sent a few links to various different sites (although, curiously, very few with an RSS feed that…
Inspire kids to code with this new DIY Raspberry Pi tablet – MakePad
A new Kickstarter has just launched for a tablet, powered by a Raspberry Pi. With it’s eye firmly on the children’s market, the MakePad features a 10.1″ touchscreen and is battery powered (8000mAh). It has a built-in 3W speaker for…
New Christmas-themed resources from the Raspberry Pi Foundation
Raspberry Pi’s Laura Sach has just announced that there are some new Christmas-themed resources available to get you into the festive spirit. I know, I know, it’s still November, but anyway! The first project is in Scratch and shows you how to…
New portable learning/gaming device on Kickstarter uses the Raspberry Pi Compute Module
Just recently launched on Kickstarter, Pip is a portable “digital creation” device based around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Let’s take a look at the product, and I’ll give you my opinion at the end. Hardware The Pip is based…
Learn object-orientated Python programming with Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi has announced that Laura Sach has developed a new online training course. The course is on object-orientated Python and is sure to appeal to both techies and educators (or both!) alike. Here’s some info about what the course…
Pimoroni launches educational project cards for the RainbowHAT Raspberry Pi add-on board
Pimoroni have today launched some educational project cards for their RainbowHATÂ add-on board. Rather than try and re-word their excellent prose, here’s what they have to say about the new product on their site: This beautifully-designed set of activity cards are…
Get started with Physical Computing with these brilliant Raspberry Pi/Scratch resources
US-based Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Amanda Haughs has been very busy developing resources involving the Raspberry Pi. Her latest set of resources are a series of Task Cards that aim to get children into physical computing using Scratch. The cards, which…