The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced the recruitment of a new member of it’s education team. Craig Richardson (aka @CraigArgh on Twitter) is an expert in Minecraft on the Pi and is an ex-teacher. Craig has led many Minecraft workshops at Raspberry Jams (including CamJam) and given several presentations on how best to use Minecraft in the classroom. Here’s his recent presentation at the May CamJam:
Brandon was experimenting with using his Raspberry Pi as an FM Transmitter when he realised that with a modification to the signal he could control a remote-controlled car. He’s written up an extensive explanation of his findings and his method for detecting movement via a webcam on his blog.
Risc OS Open have released a new distro image for the Raspberry Pi that boots you straight into BBC Basic. It’s probably only worth it if you’re after a full retro experience, but it’s nice to know that you can have that experience if you want it. You can read slightly more here or download the zip file here.
Joey Bernard over at Linux User magazine has done a nice piece on the GPIO, explaining how it works and how to use Python to interact with it. Read it here
Arun Gupta has continued his work with the WildFly Java application server. He’s now written three posts on the subject: Setting up and configuring WildFly on the Pi, setting it up on two Pis using managed domain mode and now how to set up a cluster over the two ‘nodes’. Well worth a look if you’re into Java programming!
Trevor Appleton’s written a great tutorial on creating the famous Conway’s Game of Life on the Pi. I won’t go into the technicalities of it, apart from to say it uses Pygame, but this is a great exercise to do if you’re interested in some really cool programming. Read it here
