James Robinson has just announced that this year’s Skycademy will take place on Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th August. Skycademy is a FREE two-and-a-half day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event aiming to provide experience of high altitude ballooning to educators,…
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Scarborough farmer uses Raspberry Pi to scan sheep
There’s a headline I never thought I’d type! Dr Paul Buckley is a Scarborough-based farmer who wanted to tackle the problem of tracking his sheep. Sheep are required to be fitted with electronic identification chips and these have a very…
Work experience opportunities sought in Cambridge
I’ve had a couple of emails from some parents of teenagers who are seeking work experience in the Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire area. They are looking for something in the computing/technology arena. If you or your company is able to offer something like…
60 core supercomputer made out of Raspberry Pis
YouTube user Phaxmohdem has built a 15 Raspberry Pi 2 (60 core) supercomputer cluster into a portable toolbox. He is using a 300W power supply for it but it only draws about 45W when under full load. He’s done some benchmarks but…
Southend Raspberry Jam – Monday 2nd May (THIS MONDAY!)
Southend Raspberry Jam are holding an event at the Temporary Arts Project on North Road in Southend-on-Sea this coming Monday. The event runs from 1pm-8pm and various sessions are planned including: a beginners session, a Sonic Pi session, an Astro…
GoPiGo kit from Dexter Industries used in classroom’s robotic soccer
Jeff Dahl is an Elementary School teacher in Michigan. His class has been using the Raspberry Pi and their main project has been to build robots. They’ve taken this a bit further and, by customising a GoPiGo kit from Dexter…
Raspberry Pi controlled vegetable irrigation system
Ben Finio’s wife plants a large vegetable garden every year but eventually grows tired of maintaining it. I can sympathise. A lot. So, Ben decided that he could use a Raspberry Pi to automate the watering process. He has set…
Web-controlled Raspberry Pi robot with streaming video
James Poole, who recently gave us a great way to put a Raspberry Pi Zero inside a SNES controller, has branched out into robotics. He’s gone about it the old-fashioned way by using an H-bridge chip to drive two motors attached…
Raspberry Pi 2 on clearance at The Pi Hut
Just a quickie! The Pi Hut is currently selling off their stock of Raspberry Pi 2s for £20 each. Take a look here.
Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi – issue 45 out now
Thursday saw the publication of the newest issue of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s magazine The MagPi. This month there is a special feature on the new Raspberry Pi camera module as well as lots of articles from the community. It’s especially nice…