{"id":15576,"date":"2016-09-27T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T08:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15576"},"modified":"2016-09-27T08:25:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T07:25:01","slug":"dexter-industries-launches-new-spy-flavoured-kickstarter-featuring-the-raspberry-pi-and-lots-of-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15576","title":{"rendered":"Dexter Industries launches new spy-flavoured Kickstarter featuring the Raspberry Pi and lots of sensors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spyvsspi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dexter Industries<\/a>, who previously launched BrickPi, Arduberry and GoPiGo (and a few others) on Kickstarter<\/a>, have just launched their new campaign<\/a>. Called Spy vs sPi<\/a>, the new product is “an engineering adventure that puts real purpose to basic design and programming skills”. Unpacking that statement, and looking at the campaign, you find that there are three aspects to the offering: the hardware, the software and the documentation.<\/p>\n

The hardware is based around the GrovePi<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0is an easy-to-use system of plug-in sensors. You attach the GrovePi board to your Pi, then plug in your sensors and away you go with your code.<\/p>\n

The software and documentation is intertwined – Spy vs sPi<\/a> is a series of programming tutorials and exercises which are based on an\u00a0espionage theme and teach children, and adults for that matter, how to program. The worksheet material uses a ‘capture the flag’ gaming activity to make the projects\u00a0fun and practical.<\/p>\n

The system isn’t cheap, but it is good value. It is $275 plus shipping (Earlybird, $300 thereafter) for the full kit which includes the following:<\/p>\n