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Carrie Anne Philbin<\/a> has written a lovely new resource<\/a> for the Raspberry Pi Learning Resources website<\/a>. It uses the recently-launched SenseHAT<\/a> to create a Magic 8 Ball. You ask it a question and then\u00a0shake<\/em> the whole Pi and HAT (triggering the accelerometer) to get an answer on the LED display. It’s a simple concept but is a lot of fun and a good weekend project. Get started here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carrie Anne Philbin has written a lovely new resource for the Raspberry Pi Learning Resources website. It uses the recently-launched SenseHAT to create a Magic 8 Ball. You ask it a question and then\u00a0shake the whole Pi and HAT (triggering…<\/p>\n

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