There is news from the Pi Wars team (Tim and me) on the new edition of The Pi Podcast. I won’t spoil the exclusive here, but suffice to say: It’s exciting, it’s different from last year and we think people…
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Giveaway to celebrate my Raspberry Pi Birthday
Or should that be Pirthday? Hmmm… Could be “a thing”… Maybe not… Four years ago today, I received my first Raspberry Pi! It’s been quite a journey since then. I started work on my first project in the first couple…
Pi Wars 3 – 1st April 2017 – Raspberry Pi challenge-based robotics competition
Pi Wars returns! Our Raspberry Pi challenge-based robotics competition will be back on 1st April 2017 at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory. To register your interest as a competing team, please fill out this form on the Pi Wars website. To…
Build a tiny robot using a Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3 – Bring it to the Pi Party!
CamJam EduKit 3, which will soon be available again from The Pi Hut, is a cheap robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi. For £17 (plus delivery) you get everything you need to start experimenting with robotics. Add a chassis and…
Christmas give-away result
Hi everyone. The winner of the give-away was Mr S Gailey. Sorry if you didn’t win – hopefully I’ll run more give-aways next year, so look out for them 🙂 Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Raspberry Pi Zero and other stuff Christmas giveaway
Hi everyone! It’s Christmas! Everyone likes to get something for Christmas, so I thought it would be nice to do a blog give-away. I’m doing this in the form of a questionnaire, so it’s easy to get responses through. What…
Win a FUZE Special Edition with Raspberry Pi with Linux User
Here’s a great, easy-to-enter competition. You can win a FUZE Special Edition (the red/white/red one that looks like a BBC Micro) by visiting the Linux User & Developer website and answering the easy question.
Remote-control lawnmower powered by a Raspberry Pi
A recent 24-hour StartFEST hackathon has awarded first prize to three brothers from Salt Lake City, Utah. Dan, Doug and David Leonard used a Raspberry Pi to control wheels connected to two drill motors that propelled a lawnmower across the garden. They…
#PiWars proximity alert challenge inspires blog post
Brian Corteil is one of this year’s Pi Wars competitors. One of the more interesting challenges he, and the other teams, face is “Proximity Alert”. This challenge involves approaching a wall and stopping as close as possible to it without…
#PiWars and the Raspberry Pi featured on Cambridge TV
UPDATE: For some reason this video no longer exists, which is a shame. A few weeks ago, myself and Tim Richardson headed over to the Cambridge Computer Lab to meet with Adam Page, a news reporter from Cambridge TV. A…