Issue #96 — Amazonian

Hi everyone

This weekend the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists programme kicks off at Pi Towers in Cambridge – ten young people (16-21) – including one from Northern Ireland and one from Spain – are attending the induction weekend run by Rachel and me.

Also judging for the Astro Pi competition’s initial ideas phase took place this week – Primary school entries were judged along with the first part of Secondary school entries. Secondary schools still have time to enter by sending their code along with their ideas – until the final deadline on 29th June.

Ben

Picture of the week

Amazonian rainforest simulation

News

• Launching Picademy@Google Leeds (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi teacher training at the Google Garage in Leeds
• Python in Education (raspberrypi.org)
  A free e-book by Nicholas Tollervey from O'Reilly
• emonPi (kickstarter.com)
  Open-Hardware Raspberry Pi-Based Energy Monitor
• e-paper HAT (kickstarter.com)
  e-ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi
• Hatalogico (kickstarter.com)
  Dedicated PWM and ADC for Raspberry Pi
• Raspberry Pi EDU Learning Kit (kickstarter.com)
  Version 2 of the Raspberry Pi EDU learning kit on Kickstarter
• MicroPi: Play (kickstarter.com)
  The ultimate pocket media & emulation station

Projects

• Monitoring Room Temperatures (piamble.wordpress.com)
  Monitoring room temperatures around the house with Pi
• TyPhone (raspberrypi.org)
  More on the DIY smartphone from Tyler Spadgenske
• Raspberry Pi Powered Minion Fart Gun Machine (raspberrypi.org)
  Lego, ultrasonic proximity sensor, farts
• Amazonian rainforest simulation (raspberrypi.org)
  An aquarium with a greenhouse on top
• Nin10do (3ders.org)
  Raspberry Pi powered 3D printed Nintendo emulator
• Robot Guitar (dataviz.com.au)
  Hacked guitar plays music from network logs

Articles & more

• Stream What You Own (pcworld.com)
  Bring your PC games to your phone, browser, and Raspberry Pi
• DIY Raspberry Pi Laptop (techcrunch.com)
  This DIY Raspberry Pi Laptop Is Perfect For Your Weekend Machinations
• Weatherproof Timelapse System (hackaday.com)
  Automated weatherproof time-lapse system with DSLR and Raspberry Pi

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