Andy Proctor (he of the Raspberry Pi Truck) is looking for venues and checking dates for an upcoming Ipswich Raspberry Jam. He has set-up a Facebook group for the Jam so if you’d like to keep informed, or want to get…
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Nice review of the Southend Raspberry Jam last weekend
Ria Parish writes for “Love Southend” and has done a nice write-up of the Southend Raspberry Jam which took place last weekend. She gives a thorough overview of the events that took place and there’s plenty of photos to give you…
LifeBox – an ecosystem of LEDs with a Raspberry Pi
Ferran Fabregas flew over from Barcelona last weekend to attend the Southend Raspberry Jam. I was lucky enough to catch his talk on his project: the LifeBox. This is a cube approximately 35x35x35cm featuring an LED matrix panel on the front.…
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…
Converting Twitter emotions into art with a Raspberry Pi
A few of the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists attended the Art Hackathon in Greenwich on 16th-17th May and got together with some others to create a lovely art project. The project takes a Twitter feed, analyses the tweets for keywords…
I’m going to the Southend Raspberry Jam on Saturday!
The Southend Raspberry Jam has swiftly become one of the best Raspberry Jams in the country. Its relaxed atmosphere and a high quantity of knowledgeable people concentrated in one place makes it one of the ‘places to be’ in the…
Coventry Raspberry Jam – 16th May
The folks at the Coventry Makerspace are organising a regular Raspberry Jam to take place every third Saturday at their base in the Koco Community Resource Centre. Special events for the first Jam, taking place on Saturday 16th May, are: Introduction to…
Scottish Raspberry Jam in East Lothian – 30th May
A free Raspberry Jam is to take place at Knox Academy in Haddington (near Edinburgh), East Lothian on Saturday 30th May. It is being run as part of a two-day Jam Packed event run by Alan O’Donohoe. It runs from…
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator running Summer Tech Dojo in Rhyl, Wales
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Allen Heard is running a three-day “Tech Dojo” in Rhyl, North-East Wales from Monday 27th-Wednesday 29th July. Some of the activities on offer are as follows: Use a Pi to create artificial intelligence Build an intruder alarm…
Raspberry Pi Picademy goes South West
In the past few months, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has put a lot effort into making their free CPD course for teachers, known as Picademy, portable so that they can take it on the road. Their next two-day event will…