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#RaspberryPi sells out in U.S.
Allied Electronics, the US distributor of the Raspberry Pi has sold out of Model As within hours of them going on sale. There is now a message on their site which reads: Due to limited supply of the Raspberry Pi…
Install MediaWiki on the #RaspberryPi
Trevor Appleton needed to set-up MediaWiki for work, so decided to try it out on the Raspberry Pi first. He’s written a tutorial on how to do this. Remember, this is the software that Wikipedia runs on so is tried-and-tested…
Manhattan Island on Minecraft #RaspberryPi edition / @Raspberry_Pi
Martin O’Hanlon has adapted his 3D-model-to-Minecraft conversion script to generate a Minecraft version of Manhattan on his Raspberry Pi. This is truly impressive work and shows just how complicated models on the Pi can get! Read more here and explore Manhattan…
Using Scratch with the #RaspberryPi and #Arduino
Ken over at The Maker’s Box has been experimenting with the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO using MIT’s visual programming environment Scratch. Read more here
PiMAME gaming and emulator OS for the #RaspberryPi gets official site – www.pimame.org
Shea Silverman has launched an official site for PiMAME, the gaming and emulator distro for the Raspberry Pi. This is a great project from Shea and if you haven’t tried it out yet, get yourself over there and enjoy the retro…
#RaspberryPi controlled sous vide water bath
Chris Swan has been using the Easter weekend to work on a Raspberry Pi-controlled sous vide water bath. He’s used a radio controlled mains socket from Maplin and a Github project called Raspberry Stroganoff to make it happen. Read more about…
Dealing with issues with the Adafruit I2C libraries on the #RaspberryPi
Blogger “Static” has been writing about his issues with the Adafruit I2C library, in particular reading sensors such as the BMP085. Apparently the newest version has been changed enough that it can produce random readings. He has got a modified…
#RaspberryPi powered Cat Feeder
Hack Factory member “Videoman” has created a cat feeder with a Raspberry Pi brain to automatically dispense cat food. Read all about it here
Manufacturer Ponoko highlights Nwazet products for the #RaspberryPi
International manufacturer Ponoko has just published a blog post in which they discuss how US-based Nwazet uses their services to produce their Raspberry Pi cases. Read the article here Here’s a pic of a couple of the groovy Nwazet cases: