Issue #98 — Build

Hi everyone

This week the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced they have a new CEO: Philip Colligan – read about Philip on the blog and await further introduction once he gets started this summer. Picademy #8 took place at the start of this week at Pi Towers.

Microsoft launched a developer preview of Windows IoT Core at their Build conference this week, and demonstrated a Pi robot with accompanied virtual reality hologram.

Picademy is going to Devon – teachers in the South West can apply now for a place on the Foundation’s free CPD course in June.

Ben

Picture of the week

HoloLens in action – interacting with a Pi 2 robot running on Windows 10 IoT Core

News

• Welcome Philip (raspberrypi.org)
  The Raspberry Pi Foundation welcomes its new CEO, Philip Colligan from Nesta
• Windows 10 for IoT (raspberrypi.org)
  HoloLens VR robot powered by a Pi 2 running Windows 10 IoT
• Picademy South West (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi's CPD for teachers goes to Devon in June
• MagPi Issue 33 (raspberrypi.org)
  Operating systems, LXPanel, Ian Livingstone, Minecraft Pi and PiBorg

Projects

• Blinking LED using Elixir embedded image (zohaib.me)
  Flashing the on-board activity LED with Erlang on an Elixer image
• Oculus Rift Dual Camera Video Streaming (youtube.com)
  Dual camera video streaming with Raspberry Pi and Oculus Rift
• Zumo George, a BDD rover (rasptut.co.uk)
  Behaviour Driven Development of a Pi robot
• The Wheel of (BASIC) Excuses (raspberrypi.org)
  Random excuse generator powered by BASIC on Pi
• The computer network in space (raspberry-python.blogspot.co.uk)
  Networking 7 Raspberry Pis for a near-space flight
• Raspberry Pi Action Camera (cya.nyc)
  Build your own GoPro camera on a budget
• Meshing Pis with Project Byzantium (hackaday.com)
  Create a Pi mesh network with Project Byzantium which runs on Raspbian

Articles & more

• Why Raspberry Pi founder fell into computing (techworld.com)
  Eben on skils shortage and avoiding "pink-washing" to get girls interested
• Why lunchtime computer clubs could be more popular than you think (tes.co.uk)
  Dan Aldred's successful lunchtime computing club
• Buddha Babbage (missturner101.wordpress.com)
  Babbage-based inspiring quote generator project from Picademy #8
• It's a bird, it's a plane... No it's an AstroPi! (elanimcd.blogspot.co.uk)
  Summary of Picademy #8 from Elani McDonald
• Raspberry Pi 2 Hogel Rendering (rattansoftware.com)
  Analysis of Hogel Rendering performance on Pi 2
• DOTS Uses Paint to Control Raspberry Pi (hackaday.com)
  Summary of Rachel's DOTS board from SXSW

Upcoming Events

• Paris Raspberry Jam (FR) (6 May)
• Barnstaple Raspberry Jam (UK) (9 May)
• Raspberry Pi Build Night, Coventry (UK) (11 May)
• A Slice of Pi, Bromsgrove (UK) (12 May)
• NLLGG Raspberry Jam, Utrecht (NL) (16 May)
• Southend-on-Sea Raspberry Jam (UK) (16 May)
• Raspi Summer Jam @Fablab München (DE) (21 June)
• Recursion Computer Science Fair, Stratford-upon-Avon (UK) (4 July)

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