{"id":744,"date":"2012-11-13T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=744"},"modified":"2012-11-13T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T14:09:56","slug":"rob-bishop-tweets-that-the-camera-unit-is-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Rob Bishop tweets that the camera unit is ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rob_Bishop\/status\/268296700131700736\/photo\/1#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/A7kubWJCcAANai11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rob_Bishop\/status\/268296700131700736\/photo\/1#\">Twitter \/ Rob_Bishop: @Raspberry_Pi cam is ready &#8230;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As with all announcements from the Foundation, I wouldn&#8217;t get too excited until it&#8217;s actually on sale and available. 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