Southend Tech and Enterprise4Good are holding the 10th Southend Raspberry Jam at the Hive Enterprise Centre in Southend on Saturday 20th August from 10am-5pm. There will be talks, workshops and a marketplace featuring Rapid Electronics. Sounds like it’ll be a great event. You…
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Ophthalmoscope powered by Raspberry Pi scans for retinal diseases
Over at Hackaday.io, Ebin Philip has written an account of his ophthalmoscope (eye retina scanner) powered by a Raspberry Pi and a camera module. The device, which costs about $400 all-in, has been designed to scan the target eye for Diabetic Retinopathy which…
Astro Pi scientific results data now available
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced that the scientific results of the Astro Pi space mission are now available! Head over to astro-pi.org to take a look. Head over to the Raspberry Pi blog to read more about Astro Pi.
Worldpay to use Raspberry Pis, LEGO and more in their September Hackathon
Just had word from Worldpay about a really interesting Hackathon that is happening at the Impact Hub, Westminster on Friday 23rd September to Sunday 25th September. Using Raspberry Pis, LEGO and other kit and Worldpay’s new IoT open-source technology Worldpay Within, you will…
The MagPi reviews the Analog Zero for the Raspberry Pi from RasPiO
The MagPi has published their review of the Analog Zero from issue 48. It’s an extremely positive review and really highlights how usable the board is. I really like it (I covered it in a preview a few months ago) as…
Wearable Raspberry Pi camera records holiday snaps
Manoj Nathwani wanted to record his experiences on a holiday in which he would visit 4 countries in 5 days. So, he utilised a Raspberry Pi 3 and a Camera Module, sewing the camera directly into the strap. His photography results…
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches SenseHAT emulator
Dave Honess, over at the Foundation, has just announced the availability of a SenseHAT emulator. It allows you to use a virtual SenseHAT and program it with the sense_hat Python library. Pretty neat! You can even manually alter the virtual…
Hacking robot dinosaurs with a Raspberry Pi with Dr Lucy Rogers
Last weekend, geeks, tinkerers and hobbyists gathered in Guildford for EMF Camp, a 3-day technology gathering for like-minded individuals. Talks ranged greatly in their topics but this one in particular caught my eye and I was lucky enough to catch…
Skycademy 2016 starts at Raspberry Pi headquarters
The Foundation’s Dan Fisher has just blogged about Skycademy, which starts today in their Cambridge HQ. 30 educators were invited to take part and they are currently learning the ins and outs of High Altitude Ballooning. You can read more about…
Turn your Raspberry Pi (Zero) into a dedicated VPN server
Transposed Messenger has written a great tutorial in which he explains how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated VPN. This will work with all Raspberry Pis, not just the Zero but he’s used the Zero because it’s cheap…