Stephen Wolfram and his team have been working on the Wolfram Language for 30 years and it is almost finished. Wolfram is designed to be a “totally symbolic, heavily natural, intensely knowledge-based, and extremely large computer programming language” although no-one…
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Virtual keyboard for the PiTFT for the #RaspberryPi
The Adafruit PiTFT is a nifty bit of kit that fits on top of the Pi and gives you a small touch screen display. William Phelps has created a touchscreen keyboard for the PiTFT and has shared the code on…
Raspberry Jamboree – The Big Write-up #RJamboree #RaspberryPi
After a lot of procrastination and general inability to make a decision, Tim and I decided to go the Jamboree for the Friday. So, it was an early (and I mean EARLY) start for us both. We woke up at…
VideoCore IV graphics core documentation and complete stack source to be released for the #RaspberryPi
I’m not really the best person to ask about the Pi’s GPU (in fact, ask me nothing as that’s what I know) but it’s big news that Broadcom has announced that the VideoCore IV graphics core has been completely documented…
New issue of The MagPi out for #RaspberryPi owners
The March 2014 issue of the MagPi has just been published. This month, it’s 44 pages include: An 4-page interview with Eben Upton about the past, present and future of the Pi. Managing a home weather station. Remote aquarium management…
Raspberry Jamboree tomorrow – #RJamboree #RaspberryPi
The Raspberry Jamboree, taking place in Manchester, started this morning. I’m very pleased to say that both myself (@recantha) and Tim Richardson (@geeky_tim) will be attending for the whole day tomorrow, including the party which has been organised by the…
Night time wildlife camera with the #RaspberryPi and the PiNoIR
Paul Brown has taken his Pi, hooked up a PIR motion sensor and plugged in a PiNoIR camera. He’s waterproofed it for use outside and then run some tests to detect movement in his house at night (don’t worry –…
Linux Voice magazine review from RasPi.TV
It’s always interesting when a new publication comes on the scene. Linux Voice is particularly interesting not only because it was crowdfunded, but also because of the amount of experience and writing talent behind it. Alex Eames has written a…
Make a buzzer sound with the #RaspberryPi
Matt Manning continues his series on simple GPIO interaction with this video showing how to wire up and program a buzzer with Python. Watch the video here
Interpret AirPi readings on your #RaspberryPi
Fred Sonnenwald has been experimenting with Tom Hartley’s AirPi and has written an excellent article on how to interpret the readings you get from the various different sensors. It’s quite a mathematical article, but he goes very in-depth on it.…