This is by far the coolest thing on the Internet. Richard Hayler and his sons have constructed a huge LEGO representation of the history of Raspberry Pi tracking it’s evolution from concept to its eventual Astro Pi launch into space…
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Guide to High Altitude Ballooning
This isn’t strictly confined to the realm of Raspberry Pi, but I thought I’d share it anyway. Dave Akerman, who has launched loads of balloons (including the famous Babbage Jump and the T.A.R.D.I.S. launch) and has now written a guide…
Cambridge 105 interview with Eben Upton about the Raspberry Pi
Eben Upton of Raspberry Pi has been interviewed by the guys over at Cambridge 105. It has some general stuff about the Pi and also some nice geeky technical detail! Listen to it here. Nice listen for a Sunday afternoon 🙂
Valentines Day with a Raspberry Pi
Steve Hickson decided he wanted to surprise his girlfriend on Valentine’s day. He adapted his own robot bartender to pour wine on command, added in some WeMo light switches and a bedroom fan with rose petals on top. The result…
Raspberry Pi – Where do I start?
Introduction You can skip this part if you’re not interested in the reasons for this post! 🙂 I am regularly asked by people, normally as a result of either a CamJam or lately as a result of the Big Birthday…
Sonic Pi competition finalists announced
Late last year, a competition was launched to celebrate the release of Sonic Pi v2 on the Raspberry Pi. School children aged between 7-16 were invited to create musical compositions using the software. Dr Sam Aaron, who created Sonic Pi,…
Get Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi forums user wintrmute has created a downloadable SD card image of Ubuntu with the LXDE desktop pre-installed. It has been compiled for use on the ARMv7 Raspberry Pi 2 and you can find instructions on how to install it on…
Issue 30 of The MagPi for Raspberry Pi owners is out now!
Community-driven magazine The MagPi has just hit the 30th issue milestone. This issue contains the following: Olivier LeDiouris demonstrates how the Raspberry Pi can be used to enhance navigation data, sampling sensors over a long voyage. João Matos explains how…
Great review for Adventures in Minecraft book
David Whale and Martin O’Hanlon’s “Adventures in Minecraft” is fast becoming the de-facto book for learning to program Minecraft through Python. In her ecstatic review of the book, Maryann Goldman of GeekMom.com takes us through the first few chapters which she…
Raspberry Pi Foundation’s weather station – schools apply now!
Dave Honess, part of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s education team, has been working with Oracle on a fantastic project. He has developed a Raspberry Pi weather station board and peripherals that will allow schools to become part of a National…