The Raspberry Pi Foundation today has welcomed on-board two new recruits: Oliver Quinlan (as a Research Manager) and Helen Drury (as Events and Outreach Manager). These two individuals, both with Nesta backgrounds are sure to make valuable additions to the…
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Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock with the SenseHAT on the Raspberry Pi
Dan Aldred has done a lovely implementation of the classic game Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock using the SenseHAT. The program is written in Python and is available on Github and you can see a video of it in action below:
Picademy launches in the USA
On February 27th and 28th, 2016 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, the very first Picademy USA will be launched. This is a fantastic opportunity for American educators to get taught how to use the Raspberry Pi,…
Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend announced
Exciting news for the Raspberry Pi Community! The Foundation will once again be holding a two-day Big Birthday Weekend event in Cambridge. The event, which will take place on 5th and 6th March will celebrate the 4th birthday of the little single…
Shutdown your Raspberry Pi using a paper clip
When you’re running your Raspberry Pi headless, one of the first things you should concern yourself with is how to shut it down safely. Shutting it down by simply pulling the power out can result in a corrupt SD card or…
Raspberry Pi powered video binoculars
Josh Williams has taken a Raspberry Pi, a camera module, a pair of binoculars and some laser-cut pieces of wood and fashioned the PiNoculars. You can see from the picture what it is – a pair of binoculars with a video…
Make an audiophile music player with Volumio on a Raspberry Pi
Trevor Appleton has written a great tutorial about using the Volumio operating system to create a music player with a Raspberry Pi. This is a great piece of software and easy enough to get going. If you’re an audiophile, you…
Pre-loved Raspberry Pi Bs and B+s available for £5 and £10 from @ThePiHut
Jamie Mann has just announced that he’s found some pre-loved Raspberry Pi original model Bs and B+s. He’s just put them on sale at The Pi Hut: Pick up an original model B for £5 Pick up a model B+…
First Raspberry Jam in Kent to be held – 30th January
There is to be a Raspberry Jam in Gravesend, Kent on 30th January, the first to be held in the county. It will be held at the Gravesend Old Town Hall on the High Street from 10am-1pm and will feature…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation at Bett 2016
At the end of January (20th-23rd), the Raspberry Pi Education Team will be at the Bett Show at ExCel, London. They will be near the STEAM Village on stand 463 and they are offering the opportunity to take part in STEAM (the new…