Four students from Imperial College, London (Bálint Rikker, Csongor Kiss, Sicong Li and Toby Shaw) teamed up for their first year final project. The project aimed to re-write classic shooter DOOM to the Raspberry Pi via 9800 lines of ‘bare metal’ code (i.e. ARM assembly code and…
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Raspberry Pi controlled BBQ for briskets!
Wired magazine have published an article about a group of Harvard engineering students who have built themselves a brisket smoker. The students embarked on the project as part of one of their engineering modules at the University and have come…
Naturebytes Wildlife Camera kit – watch wildlife with the Raspberry Pi
This is a nicely thought-out Kickstarter which puts the Raspberry Pi Camera Module to good use to capture pictures of wildlife. The unit comes in a weatherproof case with holes in the front for the camera lens and a PIR…
Skycademy – learn about High Altitude Ballooning with the Raspberry Pi Foundation
The Foundation is running a two-and-a-half day free CPD session for teachers and anyone who works with youngsters (such as scout leaders etc) on the subject of High Altitude Ballooning. The event, which runs from 24th-26th of August, will enable…
Space-age information distribution with Outernet and the Raspberry Pi
Outernet is an interesting service that broadcasts a large amount of internet-mined content via an orbiting satellite. Anyone can receive it, providing they have the appropriate equipment, on a Raspberry Pi. Here’s some info on the information that is being broadcast…
Teachers get together to learn about coding in class at Coding Evenings
Cat Lamin, who is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator (and all round nice person), has been holding “Coding Evenings” several times over the last six months in which teachers and experts get together to discuss and learn about coding in the classroom.…
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces Picademy USA
Great news today – Picademy is going to the USA! Based at The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, Picademy USA will be made up of 4 sessions, each hoping to reach 25 US educators. This will be a free, hands-on…
Arduino programming for the Raspberry Pi – RasPiO Duino launched for general sale
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV recently ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign for the RasPiO Duino – an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The Duino contains the same ATMEGA 328 chip that is on an Arduino and plugs directly onto the first 26 pins…
Picademy comes home to Cambridge for July’s CPD course
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the next Picademy course, and it’s in Cambridge. As you can see from the graphic above, it takes place on 13th-14th July. Picademy is the brilliant concept that takes teachers through using the Raspberry Pi…
Robot gardening workshop sponsored by Raspberry Pi Foundation
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the UK’s leading media arts centre, based in Liverpool. On Sunday 28th June and Saturday 11th July, they’re running a robotic gardening workshop for adult-child teams. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has donated 100…