Here’s an interesting proposition for you. John Nguyen is currently studying for a Masters at the University of East Anglia on the subject of Brands and Branding. He has been in touch and asked for assistance with his research, and the…
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Learn to Program with Minecraft – Book review
This is a somewhat belated review – I’ve had the book since January and have only just retrieved it from my suitcase! Apologies to Craig and No Starch Press; but the wait was worth it! Learn to Program with Minecraft is…
Boot your Raspberry Pi through an Ethernet cable
Gordon Hollingworth has just published his second blog post on the Pi’s new booting modes. This one is all about booting over Ethernet with no SD card on the client Pi. The new functionality is documented here and there’s a…
Review of the Papirus Zero for the Raspberry Pi from Pi Supply
Alex Eames, over at RasPi.TV has had a chance to play with the Papirus Zero from Pi Supply. It is a small e-ink display with two sizes of screen and very low power consumption. He gives a broadly positive review, going…
Send humidity & temperature sensor readings to Initial State from a Raspberry Pi
Rich Plakas has written a great tutorial on using the simple DHT22 temperature/humidity sensor with the Raspberry Pi in which he sends the readings to online IoT dashboard provider Initial State. He borrows a lot from other code (which he…
Boot your Raspberry Pi from a USB drive (beta)
Gordon Hollingworth has just announced, over on the Raspberry Pi blog, that the Raspberry Pi 3 can be booted from USB mass storage devices. Information on how to do it, and which devices have been found (so far) to be…
First Taunton Raspberry Jam – Saturday 6th August
This Saturday at Taunton Library, the first Raspberry Jam for the area will take place. Running from 10am-4pm, there will be Show and Tell and the following workshops: Scratch Python Electronics Robotics Sonic Pi You can get free tickets here and…
Leeds Raspberry Jam – Wednesday 7th September #rjam
Claire Garside is organising another Raspberry Jam for people in the Leeds area on Wednesday 7th September. The event, which runs from 6-8pm, features a workshop, some Show and Tell and time for a chat. The Jam is being held…
Underwater ROV drone has a Raspberry Pi 3 on-board
You wait ages for an ROV powered by a Raspberry Pi and then two come along at once. Following on from Blue Robotics ROV the other day, the Foundation has blogged about OpenROV and their new Trident platform which has a Raspberry…
New podcast launched featuring Raspberry Pi-flavoured interviews from the North of England
Following yesterday’s news that The Pi Podcast has come to an end, I’ve been keeping an eye out for a replacement. Well, the first one has appeared! Young Josh has just started a series of podcasts based on his visits…