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Interviews with the #RaspberryPi Foundation

by Michael Horne • 7 June 2014 • 1 Comment

Here are a couple of interviews with members of the Raspberry Pi Foundation which gives you some insight into their work and viewpoint.

The first is with Carrie Anne Philbin by TechRadar in which she discusses making technology more inclusive and diverse. Read it here.

The second is from Linux Voice magazine who are keeping in line with their statement that they will open-source all their content. This interview is with most of the education team (Clive Beale, Carrie Anne Philbin & Ben Nuttall) and appeared in the second issue of LV. Read it here.

Camera module, Geeky Techiness, Video

Create an HDTV transmitter with your #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 7 June 2014 • 1 Comment

Alexandru Csete has taken the camera module and a DVB-T modulator and created an HDTV transmitter. Read how he did it here.

Camera module, Making, Programming

DiceBot: a Twitter-controller dice roller powered by a #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 7 June 2014 • 2 Comments

Dave Naffis over at Intridea has blogged about their new contraption: an automated dice roller that reads in tweets, looks for a hashtag and then rolls two dice inside an ancient dice game using a motor. It then uses the camera module and OpenCV to detect what numbers are showing and tweets you back. You can read more on their blog and actually roll the dice via this site.

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#RaspberryPi’s Eben Upton named as a Hero of Fortune 500

by Michael Horne • 6 June 2014 • 1 Comment

The Heroes of the Fortune 500 recognizes 50 employees of Fortune 500 companies that use their professional skills and expertise to actively participate in their local communities and they’ve chosen Eben Upton as one of them. Here’s an excerpt from the Fortune write-up:

Upton and his friends thought they might sell 10,000; through their foundation, they have sold more than 3 million worldwide, particularly in the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. It’s an empowering tool for children who are self-directed learners, says Upton. For kids who aren’t traditionally academic, he adds, computer programming “can be a ladder into a white-collar career.”

Competitions

Win a #RaspberryPi with Lincoln Binns

by Michael Horne • 6 June 2014 • 1 Comment

Case manufacturer Lincoln Binns recently launched a new case for the Pi and is now running a competition to win a whole host of goodies:

Lincoln Binns Pi case
Raspberry Pi & 8GB NOOBS SD card
PSU
HDMI cable
WiPi dongle
Slimline keyboard
Mouse
USB hub

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is go to their Twitter page (@LincolnBinns), follow them and tweet them with the hashtag #GiveMeSomePi.

You’ve got nothing to lose, so what are you waiting for? 🙂

Art, Making, Tutorials

Lunar phase clock uses the #RaspberryPi for something beautiful

by Michael Horne • 6 June 2014 • 1 Comment

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have covered Aleator777’s work to create a lunar phase clock. This is a lovely piece of work that uses John Conway’s lunar phase algorithm. All the computation and control of lights is done using the Pi. You can read a full Instructable on how to do it here.