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Scratch tutorial videos from BCS/RSoE – good for #RaspberryPi
The British Computer Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh have developed a series of video tutorials for the Scratch programming language. Well worth looking at if you’re just starting out or want to learn more (there are intermediate videos as…
Nocturnal Wildlife Watching with the #RaspberryPi and new IR camera
The new PiNoIR camera (which is like the regular camera module with the IR filter removed) has found it’s way over to the DesignSpark guys. (Well, they’re part of RS Components, so I expect it didn’t take long for it…
Get into Java on the #RaspberryPi using graphical interface Greenfoot
David Briddock has written an excellent introduction to the graphical programming environment Greenfoot. It’s aimed at ages 11 and upwards. It’s not as simple as Scratch (hence the higher age) but looks to be a very interesting environment to learn…
Install MongoDB on your #RaspberryPi
Chris Mobberley has written a tutorial on getting MongoDB (a NoSQL database server) up and running on your Pi. Read it here
PA Consulting launch #RaspberryPi competition
UK-based PA Consulting Group have announced their 2013/14 Raspberry Pi project competition. Here’s what they have to say: To create your project, you can use a Raspberry Pi as well as additional hardware up to the value of £100. The…
Where to go to learn how to code!
The Observer has done a nice piece listing the top 10 places to go to learn how to code. Kudos to both Code Club and Rewired State, who get mentions. Read here
Coming soon – Adventures in #RaspberryPi by Carrie Anne Philbin
Teacher, creator of Geek Gurl Diaries and all-round nice person Carrie Anne Philbin has written a new book – “Adventures in Raspberry Pi”. This 256 page book, published by Wiley, will be released on 22nd November and is available to…
#RaspberryPi Foundation shows off gold hardware case from Sony
The Inquirer got the photographic scoop of the gold-plated Raspberry Pi-in-a-case commemorating the millionth to roll off the production line at Sony in Wales. Myself and Tim were lucky enough to see it in person on Wednesday. Here’s my not-very-great…
#RaspberryPi and camera module together to make a security camera
Christoph Buenger has written an extensive tutorial on creating a surveillance camera using the Pi and the camera module and Motion, the motion-detection software that gave people such difficulties. He’s done the sensible thing and linked out to the Foundation…