The MagPi has published a guide to terminal commands that are especially relevant to Raspberry Pi owners.Conquer the Command Line, written by Bash expert Richard Smedley is available as a PDF download from the MagPi website.
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Exterminate all long grass with a Raspberry Pi
Canadian Ron Ostafichuk took a lot of old pieces of wood and created a full-sized version of the most terrifying creature known to man: a Dalek! Powered by a 12 volt battery, he used a Raspberry Pi to control relay controllers…
Gravity Pong – a Raspberry Pi controlled game with over 1700 LEDs
The guys at Norwegian Creations have created a game called Gravity Pong. It is a 4.5 metre high ball-bouncing game which uses 1792 individually controllable RGB LEDs and it is controlled by a Raspberry Pi 2. For more details, read…
Arduino on the Raspberry Pi – RasPiO Duino vs Gertduino
Hans Otten likes to use ATmega chips in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi. To do this, he has purchased two boards: the RasPiO Duino and the Gertduino. He has extensively reviewed the two products over on his blog and has…
Raspberry Pi vendor Dawn Robotics closing down
Alan Broun, director of Dawn Robotics, has announced that the company is to shut its doors. You can read the full story over on the Dawn Robotics blog. I’d like to wish Alan well for his career as a computer programmer…
New AstroPi website launched by Raspberry Pi Foundation
Apologies for the lack of posts this week. Between Pi Wars, EduKit 3, rehearsals for Parade and real-life work, I’ve been pretty slammed! With Astronaut Tim Peake going up to the International Space Station next month to run experiments on two…
Raspberry Pi used in new Greek Royal artworks
On 2nd November at Christie’s in London, five new artworks by Prince Nikolaos of Greece were unveiled. They are known as Soundwalls and feature a huge video display powered by a Raspberry Pi. The Pi also provides a soundtrack to the…
Raspberry Pi merges with Code Club
Exciting news today. The CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Philip Colligan, has announced that Code Club is going to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raspberry Pi. I believe this is great news. Both organisations have similar aims – to get…
Pimoroni seek crowdfunded investment for future expansion
Sheffield-based maker/seller Pimoroni are looking to expand and to do it they are going the crowd-funding/investment route. They have launched a campaign on CrowdCube to raise £315,000, for which they are offering 4% of equity. If you’re interested in following their…
Raspberry Pi workshops at the Mozilla Festival – 6th-8th November
Mozilla Festival is taking place at Ravensbourne College in London from 6th-8th November. As part of the Festival, there will be a Raspberry Pi ‘zone’ which will feature 17 (!) workshops including: Astro Pi: Your Code in Space (by…