{"id":13208,"date":"2015-08-21T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:39:29","slug":"skycademy-update-follow-the-raspberry-pi-balloons-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13208","title":{"rendered":"Skycademy update &#8211; follow the Raspberry Pi balloons next week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CKB7au_UcAE6tZ1.png?resize=560%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/skycademy-free-high-altitude-cpd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skycademy<\/a> is a new initiative from the Raspberry Pi Foundation that will teach educators and children&#8217;s group leaders how to launch high altitude balloons with Raspberry Pis attached.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, a series of balloons will be launched by the 24 Skycademy attendees and you can follow them live! Simply follow the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/skycademy?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#skycademy<\/a>\u00a0for further details on the tracking website that will be used. Tuesday will see the balloons being launched from approximately 10.30am. It&#8217;s great fun to track HABs, so watch out for it.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the process that the Foundation has gone through to prepare for this event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/skycademy-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">take a look at their blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skycademy is a new initiative from the Raspberry Pi Foundation that will teach educators and children&#8217;s group leaders how to launch high altitude balloons with Raspberry Pis attached. 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