Issue #134 — Binoculars

Hi everyone

Raspberry Pi’s fourth birthday is coming up at the end of February and their birthday party takes on 5th & 6th March in the computer lab at Cambridge University. Tickets are available now from raspberrypi.org/birthday.

The Foundation will also be at the Bett Show in London later this month – including a Raspberry Jam on Saturday 23rd January. It’s open to the public so do come along if you can!

For those in the USA, the applications for Picademy just opened and the first event takes place at the Computer History Museum in San Francisco. Apply now!

Ben

Picture of the week

Raspberry Pi binoculars!

News

• Raspberry Pi Birthday Party (raspberrypi.org)
  The official party for Raspberry Pi's 4th birthday takes place in Cambridge in March
• Apply Now for Picademy USA (raspberrypi.org)
  Applications now open for the first Picademy in the USA
• Raspberry Pi and Code Club at The Bett Show 2016 (raspberrypi.org)
  The Foundation will be out in force at the Bett Show
• Raspberry Jam @ BETT 2016 (raspberrypi.org)
  Participate in the Foundation's own Jam at the Bett Show
• SmartiPi Touch (kickstarter.com)
  A Raspberry Pi Touch stand from the makers of smarticase

Projects

• PiNoculars (instructables.com)
  Build your own Raspberry Pi camera module binoculars
• Audiophile Music Player (trevorappleton.blogspot.co.uk)
  Turn your Raspberry Pi into an Audiophile music player
• Wolfram Data Drop (hackaday.com)
  Motion sensor project with the Wolfram Language
• Pi Zero – Soldering the GPIO Header Pins (roanokehobby.info)
  Learn how best to solder on a GPIO header onto Pi Zero
• Pi Zero Word Clock (meanderingpi.wordpress.com)
  Build a custom word clock with the Pi Zero

Articles & more

• PiNoculars (raspberrypi.org)
  DIY Raspberry Pi binoculars
• Artificial Raspberry Pi Pancreas (raspberrypi.org)
  Dealing with Type 1 Diabetes with the help of a Pi
• systemd (raspberrypi-spy.co.uk)
  How to autorun a Python script on boot using systemd
• Shutdown your Raspberry Pi using a paper clip (recantha.co.uk)
  It looks like you're trying to shut down your Raspberry Pi...
• 16 Channel Relay (youtube.com)
  Control 16 relays independently with RPi.GPIO
• Linux CLI emails with Gmail (jonmoore.duckdns.org)
  Command line interface to your email - handy on Pi

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