Philip Colligan has been CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the past few months, getting to know the lay of the land, understanding this crazy community of ours and settling himself into his new role. In December, the Foundation’s…
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Pi Podcast episode 15 features Raspberry Pi Creative Technologist
Creative Technologist and creator of the PiNet system (that enables groups of Pis to be controlled centrally) Andrew Mulholland is the latest Pi celeb to be interviewed by the Pi Podcast boys. The episode is available on the Pi Podcast website.
Girl Scout cookies protected by a Raspberry Pi
Jamie over at Initial State has posted a great new tutorial which uses an ultrasonic sensor with a GrovePi board to keep an eye on a stash of Girl Scout cookies. When an intruder is detected, the IS service is…
New Kickstarter aims to bring retro gaming controller for the Raspberry Pi Zero to market
Tony from dtronixs.com got in touch with me to tell me about their new Kickstarter. It’s called the R-Kade Zero and it is a range of gaming controllers that fit neatly on top of the Raspberry Pi Zero to allow you to…
Nintendo GameCube with a Raspberry Pi inside
Andreas Jabs from Germany has taken an old GameCube and retro-fitted it with a Raspberry Pi 2. He has brought the Pi’s USB ports to the front of the case so that he can attach various controllers and has 3D…
10 things NOT to do with your Raspberry Pi Zero
We don’t get a lot of humour around here, and James Mitchell from Berlin seeks to rectify that with his silly post on the top 10 things not to do with your Zero. Read it here. Number 3 is a…
Covent Garden Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 19th March – #CGJam
British Science Week is coming up and the London Raspberry Pi community are holding a Raspberry Jam. The Jam is taking place in Seven Dials (42 Earlham St) on Saturday, 19th March from 2-4.30pm. There will be a variety of…
Build a tiny robot using a Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3 – Bring it to the Pi Party!
CamJam EduKit 3, which will soon be available again from The Pi Hut, is a cheap robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi. For £17 (plus delivery) you get everything you need to start experimenting with robotics. Add a chassis and…
New Kickstarter seeks to bring to life a Raspberry Pi powered word clock
David Saul, who has previously run two successful Kickstarters, has just launched his latest crowdfunding campaign. This one is to raise funds to develop and supply a word clock with a customised PCB. The kit is designed to work with…
Swarming robot boats powered by Raspberry Pis
Dr Anders Lyhne Christensen, from BioMachines Lab of the Institute of Telecommunications in Portugal has developed a swarm of aquatic robots and they are all powered by Raspberry Pis. They communicate with each other over an adhoc wireless network. The boats…