Recently, Life Hacker published a competition to determine the best 5 cases for the Raspberry Pi. Now, obviously I’m just one person, but looking at their list I don’t think they’ve got all the best ones. So, instead I thought…
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#RaspberryPi DSI screen makes a splash at the Jamboree
Picture courtesy of Ben Nuttall via Twitter The CPC stand at the Education Innovation conference where the Jamboree was co-located was fortunate enough to have available to view a brand new product from the Foundation. The brainchild of Gordon Hollingworth,…
Are teachers ready for the coding revolution? Can the #RaspberryPi help?
Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC’s technology correspondent, has written a great article about his time at BETT, the annual educational technology fair in London this week. He’s interviewed several people, including education secretary Michael Gove (who is either the saviour of…
Request for help – motor controller boards for the #RaspberryPi
Hello blog readers. First of all, thanks for reading – you make writing this blog worthwhile and it’s great to hear from a few of you from time-to-time, so keep those comments coming in. Very soon, I’m going to be…
Team Kano shoots itself in the foot by claiming #RaspberryPi are gathering dust in schools
Kano, the British start-up who ran an enormously successful Kickstarter campaign in November/December last year have claimed that schools are allowing their Raspberry Pis to gather dust, without checking their facts first. This article, which appeared on the PC Pro website,…
Merry Christmas to the #RaspberryPi community!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful time unwrapping presents and eating a great deal of food! I really hope that you’ve got some electronics goodies and, especially, a Raspberry Pi in your stocking! To those of you who read…
The Value of Raspberry Jam #rjam #RaspberryPi
Craig over at arghbox has written a lovely piece about the value that Raspberry Jams bring to Raspberry Pi owners and the maker community. The highlight for me is this great description: Raspberry Jams are therefore an amazing place for…
Liz Upton of the #RaspberryPi Foundation named one of Guardian’s Top Ten women in tech
The title says it all. Thoroughly deserved. Congrats, Liz! Read more and see all of the 10 here
Is the #RaspberryPi an innovation in computer training, or just another toy?
This is a fascinating post from David Glance over at theconversation.com. As usual, the educational appeal of the Pi is called into question but the fascinating comments at the bottom of the page make reading it very worthwhile! Read it…
Baked in Britain, the millionth #RaspberryPi & discussion
Rory Cellan-Jones has published his own Pi-related article on the BBC to celebrate the millionth Pi being produced in the UK. This isn’t the interesting bit. The interesting bit comes in the comments section below the article in which a…