The world is all a-twitter (and, indeed, many people have Tweeted) about the launch of the Raspberry Pi 2 today. I was lucky enough to get hold of a Pi 2 a few weeks ago to put it through its…
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Raspberry Pi 2 – news round-up
Just doing a quick update at lunchtime on this fantastic launch day. As you should all know by now, the Raspberry Pi 2 was launched at 9am today by Eben Upton at a press conference at The Shard in London. I…
Raspberry Pi 2 – 6x faster, quad-core and twice the memory – launched today!
In a shock announcement, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched the Raspberry Pi 2 at a press event at The Shard in London. Here’s a quick introductory video I made. If you’d prefer to read about it rather than watch,…
Teaching literature with the Raspberry Pi
Thanks to Helen over at the Foundation for blogging about this Sarah Roman’s high school class in New Jersey, USA is currently studying Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In an effort to promote digital literacy within her class she is looking to…
Vibration sensors tell a story using a Raspberry Pi
Artist Catodo has created an art installation which uses vibration sensors to drive sound samples from a Raspberry Pi. Here’s what he has to say about it: We created a geometric structure using ribbons of red cotton and we applied…
Cross-compile the Linux Kernel for the Raspberry Pi
Compiling the Linux kernel on the Pi itself takes a long time – the Pi just isn’t built for it. However, you can ‘cross-compile’ it on a more powerful Windows, Mac or Linux computer thanks to a new tool from…
DIY Raspberry Pi VPN/TOR Router
Anonymous browsing is all the rage nowadays, what with government snooping on the increase. Well now you can set up your Raspberry Pi as an anonymous router which shows up as a wireless hotspot which you then connect your desktop or…
DesignSpark Raspberry Pi classroom projects
DesignSpark have published some good-looking resources for teachers to use in the classroom to help students learn about the GPIO. They are as follows: Program a seven-segment display. Read digital signals and analogue signals (via an A2D chip) and how…
Southend Raspberry Jam – Saturday 21st February
Southend-on-Sea Linux User Group are once again running a Raspberry Jam at the Tickfield Centre. This one will be from 10am-5pm on Saturday 21st February and will feature a great number of talks and workshops, including a talk on Astro Pi the…
4tronix Agobo review – a cheap, hackable robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi
Gareth from 4tronix was kind enough to send me one of these to review and say what I like about it. Introduction The 4tronix Agobo is a robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi model A+. It comes as a kit…