The MagPi has issue number 50 and boy is it a stonker! With a broad collection of news, views, reviews and projects (which doesn’t rhyme, but never mind) and a central feature on the top 50 Raspberry Pi projects, it’s…
Category: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Raspberry Pi announces the introduction of Pixel – a new look for the Raspbian desktop environment
Simon Long has blogged over on raspberrypi.org about an upgrade to the desktop environment of Raspbian, the standard distro for the Raspberry Pi. There are loads of tweaks and lots of polish including, but not limited to, theme background photographs, new…
Raspberry Pi seeks videographer to join the team
Raspberry Pi in Cambridge is looking for a videographer to join the team: We’re looking for a videographer to join the creative team at Raspberry Pi in Cambridge. This role will suit someone with experience working in an environment where…
Raspberry Pi Foundation to hold Pi Towers Raspberry Jam on 15th October – #rjam
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is holding a Raspberry Jam on Saturday 15th October at their headquarters on Station Road in Cambridge, UK. The event, running from 10am-4pm, will be a mixture of worksheet-led, expert-assisted activities and Show and Tell. They are…
Raspberry Pi Foundation Glasgow Raspberry Jam – 8th October – #rjam
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is running a Raspberry Jam at the Google Digital Garage based at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow on Saturday 8th October. The event, which will run from 10am-4pm will feature worksheet-led activities with help from experts and a…
Happy Birthday to Raspberry Pi Python library GPIO Zero as it hits v1.3
One year ago, Ben Nuttall and Dave Jones began work on GPIO Zero, a Python library which sought to simplify access to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. As of yesterday, it is now one year old and Ben has just…
New SenseHAT emulator for the Raspberry Pi desktop
A few weeks ago, the Foundation launched a SenseHAT emulator that worked over your web browser. Given that many Pis are used offline, and also that there are still many older Pis out there that aren’t powerful enough to use…
Raspberry Pi hits 10 million sales landmark & releases a new kit
Great news from Raspberry Pi today. They’ve now sold 10 million Raspberry Pis! In four and a half years! Not bad going, really! 😉 So, congratulations to everyone who is now, or has ever been, involved. To celebrate this, they have…
Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi arrives in German
Great news for my German readers today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced that The MagPi is now available in German. In collaboration with CHIP, the magazine will be published bi-monthly and will be available in outlets that stock technology magazines. The…
Raspberry Pi’s Picademy and Code Club Pro come to Glasgow
This Autumn, Raspberry Pi takes Picademy and Code Club Pro North of the border into Glasgow. The events, which take place on 14-15 October, 25-26 October, 1-2 November and 28-29 November at the Mitchell Library, are part of the Foundation’s outreach programme. I’ll let them…