{"id":13525,"date":"2015-10-10T14:51:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13525"},"modified":"2015-10-10T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T13:51:48","slug":"raspberry-pi-video-player-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13525","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi video player for children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/F05\/QYGT\/IFDSWRZB\/F05QYGTIFDSWRZB.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nice little project. Craig Hissett has taken a Raspberry Pi, a touchscreen, some batteries and some nice BIG buttons and created a video player for children. It all sits in a laser-cut wooden enclosure. Nice job, Craig. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-video-player-for-Children\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at the Instructable here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a nice little project. Craig Hissett has taken a Raspberry Pi, a touchscreen, some batteries and some nice BIG buttons and created a video player for children. It all sits in a laser-cut wooden enclosure. Nice job, Craig. 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