Sean O’Neil wanted to help the people of one of the poorest countries on Earth: Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire) by creating a modern pharmacy that would allow them to get hold of the medicines they need to stay alive. Called…
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…
5.30am on 1st March… closest I could get to the non-existent leap-day this year 🙂 It’s been 6 years since the Raspberry Pi first went on sale. Since 2012, many millions of the family of boards have been sold. We’ve…
Hitchin Hackspace are currently renovating an abandoned toilet block and converting it into a physical hackspace or Community Workshop (you can view the details and view the size tables here). They need your help to get funding for the next stage.…
Recently, Tim Richardson and I were lucky enough to be invited into two schools to teach pupils about the Raspberry Pi. Participants for the first one were all year 8s (12-13 year olds) whilst the second school presented us with…
Cat Lamin is holding another one of her wonderful Coding Evenings in Twickenham on 24th March. The event takes place at Stokes and Moncreiff on Richmond Road from 6.30-9.30pm. Coding Evenings are aimed at both teachers and community members and seek to join…
Recently, pi-top announced the Champions scheme in which certain individuals and teams were provided with a set of pi-top Ceeds to be used at events and workshops. Well, on Sunday, 19th February, several of us will be involved in giving workshops…
I’ve just been reading about Ben Nuttall’s adventures at Wintercamp, a Scouts activity camp run at Gilwell Park in Chingford, UK. He was there, along with a set of Pi-Top Ceeds, to run activities described as “a gentle introduction to…
Raspberry Pi has announced today the launch of a joint venture with Computing at School: a magazine designed for educators seeking help in the digital making environment. It is called Hello World and is available free from the Raspberry Pi website. It…
The Foundation have just announced the first theme for their Pioneers scheme – comedy! That’s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh! Pioneers is the Foundation’s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is…
