Matt Timmons-Brown, aka The Raspberry Pi Guy, did a week’s work experience at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and was privileged to be able to interview two of the staff: Clive Beale (head of the Education team) and Gordon Hollingworth (head…
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VGA GPIO adapter for the Raspberry Pi goes open source
Photo credit: Alex Eames Gert Van Loo has just open-sourced the files for a new VGA adapter that plugs into the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi Model B+. You can find the source files on GitHub. The adapter, which…
The Making of Raspberry Pi from cnet.com
Luke Westaway of cnet.com has done a nice piece on the development of the Raspberry Pi and it’s mission. It’s a video that features footage from Pi Towers and includes interviews with Eben Upton, Gordon Hollingworth and Carrie Anne Philbin.…
Sonic Pi v2 competition launched
The Foundation announced on Friday the launch of a competition for schools where they use Sonic Pi v2 to create original pieces of space-themed music. The deadline for entries is 13th October and the finalists will take part in the final…
Nato leaders receive a Raspberry Pi in their goodie bags
At the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, world leaders have been presented with a goody basket of all things Welsh. One of those things is, of course, a Raspberry Pi which is made at Sony’s Pencoed factory. The BBC has the full…
Last few days for Raspberry Pi Picademy applications
If you’re a teacher and you’d like some free Raspberry-flavoured CPD, there’s simply no alternative than to apply for the Picademy. Picademy is a brilliant two-day workshop run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to kit you out with all the skills…
New web browser for the Raspberry Pi has been released
Eight months after it was first announced, Epiphany for the Pi has been released. This is a new web browser for the Pi, replacing the venerable but dated Midori, and comes with the following features: Much-improved HTML5 support A JavaScript…
Sonic Pi: Live & Coding Summer School
Ben & Phil from Juneau Projects have written a guest post on the Foundation blog about the recent Cambridge-based summer school which used Sonic Pi to create a “live coding” concert, amongst other things! You can read the post here.…
Computer classrooms and how they should look
Clive Beale’s written a great piece on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog about the new Computing curriculum and how that will work in practice in the classroom. Read it here.
The first Raspberry Pi computer room in Togo
Dominique Laloux and his team, together with some great funding from various sources, have created what the Raspberry Pi Foundation believes to be the first Raspberry Pi computer room in Togo. For more on this great story, head over to…