Issue 68 of the Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi is out. Inside is a feature on the new Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a massive 8-page spread on Pi Wars, the Raspberry Pi-powered robotics competition that myself and Tim Richardson run which…
Jools Bamford has started up a new Raspberry Jam in Thorpe, Norwich. The event, which is happening on Saturday, 5th May from 10am-1pm, takes place at Thorpe St Andrew High School and Sixth Form. Thorpe is located in East Norwich,…
Cambridgeshire-based UK robot manufacturer Pi Borg has held the winter 2017/18 season Grand Final of their autonomous driving competition, Formula Pi. The finalists were: IQaudIO lambda.p.racing Enigma Swinders The Hayler-Goodalls The competition, which sees self-driving Raspberry Pi-powered cars zooming around a…
Raspberry Pi have just announced this year’s get-together for digital enthusiasts – Raspberry Fields. This (non-camping, and not in-a-field!) event will be held over the weekend of 30th June-1st July at Cambridge Junction, where last year’s Birthday Party was held. There…
Dr Lucy Rogers, of Robot Wars fame and founder of the Guild of Makers, has been in touch. Next Friday (16th March), the Guild is holding their launch event at Autodesk in Birmingham. If any of you consider yourselves ‘Makers’, this…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation and CoderDojo are holding a special event for young people (under 18s only) – it’s called Coolest Projects. From the website: Coolest Projects is a world-leading annual showcase that empowers and inspires the next generation of digital…
On Wednesday, 14th March, pi-top is holding a Coding Evening/get-together for educators and community members to celebrate Pi Day. The venue is The Draft House on Old Street, London and the event runs from 6.30-8.30pm. pi-top are providing some food…
This coming weekend, 3rd-4th March, over 100 community-run Raspberry Jams will take place in 38 countries throughout the world. From Canada to Australia and Sweden to South Africa, it is a truly international celebration of all things Raspberry Pi. To…
Hi everyone. Myself and Tim Richardson are holding another of our Potton Pi & Pints events on 3rd March, as part of the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend. We’re hoping that plenty of people will bring their Pi (or Arduino,…
This year’s Pi Wars competition is really hotting up with 76 teams currently preparing to take on our seven challenge courses. Tim’s hard at work making courses and I’m hard at work sending out emails and doing all the administration work…
