A couple of new jobs today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is recruiting a junior designer at their offices in Cambridge. The person who is hired will be carrying out photographic, video and typesetting work, alongside illustrative and graphic design tasks. Apply here and…
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Raspberry Pi Foundation welcomes new recruits, searches for more
The Raspberry Pi Foundation today has welcomed on-board two new recruits: Oliver Quinlan (as a Research Manager) and Helen Drury (as Events and Outreach Manager). These two individuals, both with Nesta backgrounds are sure to make valuable additions to the…
Picademy launches in the USA
On February 27th and 28th, 2016 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, the very first Picademy USA will be launched. This is a fantastic opportunity for American educators to get taught how to use the Raspberry Pi,…
Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend announced
Exciting news for the Raspberry Pi Community! The Foundation will once again be holding a two-day Big Birthday Weekend event in Cambridge. The event, which will take place on 5th and 6th March will celebrate the 4th birthday of the little single…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation at Bett 2016
At the end of January (20th-23rd), the Raspberry Pi Education Team will be at the Bett Show at ExCel, London. They will be near the STEAM Village on stand 463 and they are offering the opportunity to take part in STEAM (the new…
Create a marble maze with the Raspberry Pi and SenseHAT
I’ve just had this resource pointed out to me on Twitter, so thought I’d share it with you all whilst I’m waiting to go to our work’s Christmas lunch. The SenseHAT has an on-board accelerometer, with which you can measure…
New Raspberry Pi Calendar now available from the Swag store
A beautifully-designed Raspberry Pi-themed calendar featuring the artwork of Sam Alder is now available from the Swag store, priced at £5.99 for a limited time (rising to £7.99 at some point, which is still a bargain). I grabbed a peek of…
Raspbian Jessie updated to include Node-RED and other enhancements
Simon Long has continued his great work on the base operating system for the Raspberry Pi. The latest update includes the following: The Node-RED visual development environment is installed by default. Especially great news for those who are into the…
Raspberry Pis in space aboard Atlas V rocket!
An unmanned Cygnus cargo freighter, powered by an Atlas V rocket, has just taken off from Florida. On board are two Raspberry Pi Astro Pi units destined for the International Space Station. So exciting! Lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.…
Interested in the Raspberry Pi Astro Pi launch? Get thee to NASA’s stream
If you want to see the launch of the rocket with the Astro Pi units onboard, get over to UStream now to watch NASA TV!