Issue #105 — Case

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation released the official Raspberry Pi case available from the swag store, and from element14 and RS for just £6. It’s a nice little case suitable for most general use – and there are plenty of alternatives available from retailers.

DiddyBorg is now available in metal form, and there’s a fantastic Pi cluster project on KickStarter.

Welcome our new sponsors for this week – SmartiHat is a LEGO based case or HAT mount.

Ben

Picture of the week

The new official Raspberry Pi case

News

• Raspberry Pi Official Case (raspberrypi.org)
  The official Raspberry Pi case is here
• Diddyborg metal edition (raspberrypi.org)
  PiBorg's DiddyBorg robot goes metallic
• PicoCluster (kickstarter.com)
  Kickstarter for Raspberry Pi 2 clusters for education and industry
• SmartiHat (kickstarter.com)
  SmartiHat Raspberry Pi A+ / HAT mount
• Sensorian Shield (kickstarter.com)
  The physical world meets cloud computing with this Pi add-on

Projects

• Build a Raspberry Pi Jukebox (lifehacker.com)
  How to build a Raspberry Pi Jukebox any non-geek can use
• 10 Raspberry Pi Projects For Learning IoT (informationweek.com)
  Ten projects to help build IoT skills with Raspberry Pi
• Drinking Dog (instructables.com)
  Watering and spying system for your dogs
• Clickity-Clank (instructables.com)
  This smart piggy bank emails you updates to your savings goals
• Runnerpi (instructables.com)
  A WiFi streaming point-of-view camera
• Alerting Raspberry Pi Motion Sensor (pubnub.com)
  How to use a sensor to detect motion and send realtime alerts

Articles & more

• Flappy Brain (raspberrypi.org)
  Play flappy bird with your mind
• Kite mapping (raspberrypi.org)
  A bird's eye view from a kite
• Premier Farnell Sales Buoyed By Rasperry Pi (lse.co.uk)
  Raspberry Pi & accessories still holding Farnell up strong
• New Official Raspberry Pi Case Launch Video (raspi.tv)
  Alex Eames shows off the new Raspberry Pi case on video
• Official Raspberry Pi case is launched (hexus.net)
  A close look at the new official case
• Moving time lapse (blog.adafruit.com)
  Video animation from photos taken while walking through the Feria de Nîmes

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• PyLadies Taiwan GPIO Workshop (TW) (29 June)
• Raspberry Pint, London (UK) (30 June)
• Egham Raspberry Jam (UK) (12 July)

Thanks to our sponsor

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