First Chelmsford Raspberry Jam – this Sunday!

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The organisers of the Southend Raspberry Jam are going on the road this coming weekend to Chelmsford. They are organising the first Raspberry Jam in the town at the Ideas Hub as part of the Ideas Festival. There will be talks, show-and-tell and workshops going on and it’s sure to be a great Jam with the SOSLUG guys organising it. There’s also an opportunity to see a Raspberry Pi Art installation by Victoria Button, which is just round the corner from the venue.

The Jam is taking place on Sunday (1st November) between 10am and 4pm.

You can get (free) tickets from Eventbrite here.

Element 14 launches new Raspberry Pi customization service for industry

Element 14 have just announced that they are to offer a customization service for the Raspberry Pi. A consultancy service is available for companies to tailor the Raspberry Pi to their needs including the ability to remove connectors, add components and re-configure the board layout. The minimum quantity for your proposed new board is 3000, so it’s quite a healthy investment (around £100k). More information about the service can be found here.

Do you wanna build a snowman? You can with this great add-on for the Raspberry Pi

Ryan Walmsley of Ryanteck has just launched a new crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. This one is a soldering kit in the shape of a snowman! Very cute. Earlybirds (there are still some left) are £5 + shipping, with the price then rising to £6 + shipping when they’ve gone. The kit comes with everything you need including the LEDs, GPIO header and a resistor ladder. Ryan is hoping to deliver before Christmas, so get yours here now. Well worth the money and a great starter kit for soldering beginners too.

Raspberry Jams invade the USA – November 7th

On November 7th at 2pm, at Barnes and Noble stores across the USA, Mini Maker Faires will be popping up. As part of the Faire, at several of the stores, Raspberry Jams will also take place. Here is the current list of stores with Jams (kudos to Jim Manley for getting involved in Tennessee, my very favourite state!):

  • 5604 Bay Street, Emeryville, CA
  • 1217 Caroline Street, Atlanta, GA
  • 5601 Brodie Lane, Austin, TX
  • 800 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
  • 728 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL
  • Eton Chagrin Boulevard, Woodmere, OH
  • 9370 Sheridan Blvd, Westminster, CO
  • River Oaks, Houston, TX
  • 1701 Mallory Lane, Brentwood, TN
  • 33 E 17th St, New York, NY
  • 10509 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA
  • 1780 North Woodland Park Drive, Layton, UT
  • 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Drive, Fairfax, VA
  • 7620 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC

You can get involved too. If there is a B&N near you without a Jam, and you want to run one, contact your store’s Community Relations Manager to let them know you’d like to participate. To find a Jam near you, you can always consult the central Jam map!

This information originally appeared on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog.