Issue #49 — Ambiance

Friday 23 May 2014

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation published documentation for the forthcoming compute module and added a kit to accompany Carrie Anne’s book Adventures in Raspberry Pi to the swag store.

Last Friday Ben published usage guides for XBMC and Python Games on the documentation.

The members of the Education team that attended the San Francisco Maker Faire are now back (jetlagged) and will be writing up their experience over the next couple of weeks.

Ben also booked a trip to the States this week – he’ll be touring hackspaces, schools and communities for two and a half weeks in August. See his note in the first Maker Faire blog post.

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Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

Christian Moser’s amazing Ambilight TV which uses Raspberry Pi and XBMC to create an incredible effect while watching (in this instance) the Lion King. Full instructions supplied!

News

Adventures in Raspberry Pi Parts Kit Now Available (swag.raspberrypi.org)
The accompanying parts kit for Carrie Anne's book available in the swag store
Compute Module Documentation (raspberrypi.org)
Compute module documentation published - and an interview with James Adams
Case4-Kits and HapPi-Robot Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)
Kickstarter for affordable robot kits and cases for the Raspberry Pi
PiCore 5.3 Linux (liliputing.com)
A 25MB operating system for the Raspberry Pi

Projects

Ambilight TV with XBMC (techtalk.christian-moser.ch)
An incredible light display to create a certain ambiance behind your TV
Back to the FutureTheme Played by Disk Drives (raspberrypi.org)
YouTuber Arganalth's new musical rig now fits in a suitcase and features a Pi
Visualizing Sound with Sonic Pi and BitScope (bitscope.com)
Looking at Sonic Pi as a complex waveform generator

Articles & more

Educating with Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire (raspberrypi.org)
First post from the team at Maker Faire, including a video of Clive
Top 10 Open Source Linux SBCs (linux.com)
Raspberry Pi is the clear winner in this survey of single board computers
Amy Mather's Week of Work Experience (raspberrypi.org)
A write-up of a week at Pi Towers by Amy Mather
OTTO: The Pi Camera That Insists You Hack It (digitaltrends.com)
A piece covering OTTO in all its hackable glory

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