The MagPi team has been at it again! Edited by The MagPi’s Russell Barnes and Rob Zwetsloot and with contributions from Sam Aaron, Boris Adryan, Martin O’Hanlon and Jasper & Ozzy Hayler-Goodall, their new Essentials book focuses on Minecraft Pi Edition.…
Category: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Latest Pi Podcast is out – includes interview with Raspberry Pi’s Oliver Quinlan
The boys from the Pi Podcast have just published their latest episode. This one features an interview with the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Senior Research Manager Oliver Quinlan along with the usual news and views. Listen to it now.
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches new Learn to Code with Scratch book
The Foundation & The MagPi announced today that they have produced a new book. This one has 13 chapters focused on programming with Scratch. Although a print date has yet to be announced, you can download the PDF for free or…
Interview with Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton and a chance for a Masterclass
Liz Upton has posted a new entry on the Raspberry Pi blog. This time, she’s featured an interview with Eben, conducted by The Centre for Computing History (with help from the Heritage Lottery fund). The interview is all about the history of…
Eben Upton CBE – Raspberry Pi pioneer receives Birthday honour
Eben Upton, Chief Exec of Raspberry Pi Trading, driving force behind the Raspberry Pi and one of the nicest people I know has been named a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He was said to be “shell-shocked” at…
Raspbian operating system for Raspberry Pi receives another update
Simon Long has just posted on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog about the latest update to the Raspbian operating system. The main changes are as follows: A new taskbar icon and user interface for connecting Bluetooth devices. Support from Bluetooth…
Picademy goes to Baltimore in August to teach educators about the Raspberry Pi
Picademy, the free CPD course for educators seeking to get the Raspberry Pi into their classrooms, is well and truly on its way in the USA. There will be a Picademy in Baltimore, Maryland on 13th-14th August. The course will…
Skycademy 2016 announced – Raspberry Pi high altitude ballooning CPD
James Robinson has just announced that this year’s Skycademy will take place on Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th August. Skycademy is a FREE two-and-a-half day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event aiming to provide experience of high altitude ballooning to educators,…
Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi – issue 45 out now
Thursday saw the publication of the newest issue of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s magazine The MagPi. This month there is a special feature on the new Raspberry Pi camera module as well as lots of articles from the community. It’s especially nice…
New cameras released for the Raspberry Pi – 8 megapixels!
This morning, two new cameras for the Raspberry Pi were released. These cameras, which are direct drop-in replacements for the old ones (i.e. they have the same ribbon cable connector) feature new Sony IMX219 sensors. They still have fixed-focus lenses, but…