Issue #82 — Clone

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation announced they’ve hired Matt Richardson, whose articles and projects have been featured in Pi Weekly many times! He’ll be doing outreach work for Raspberry Pi in America.

Ben

Picture of the week

James May holding up the Astro Pi logo

News

• Matt Richardson Joins Raspberry Pi Foundation (raspberrypi.org)
  Matt is the first USA based employee of Raspberry Pi
• Christmas Lecture 1 Video (raspberrypi.org)
  Watch the Royal Institution Christmas lecture featuring Raspberry Pi projects

Projects

• Making your own SD Card clone army (richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk)
  Using a PiHub to create multiple clones of an SD card
• Raspberry Pi Arcade - Lunchbox edition (stiggyblog.wordpress.com)
  An arcade machine inside a lunchbox
• 3D Printed Mac Pi (3dprint.com)
  Check your 3D printer's status with a Pi powered and 3D printed Mac style display
• Dedicated Automobile Traffic Monitor (hackaday.com)
  An easy way to monitor traffic on the roads with Raspberry Pi
• Android controlled Raspberry Pi and Arduino Robot (element14.com)
  Raspberry Pi robot controlled by an Android phone
• Dance Dance Revolution (element14.com)
  Home made arcade dance pad powered by Pi and Arduino

Articles & more

• Piano Stairs (raspberrypi.org)
  Numerous piano steps projects with Raspberry Pi
• Das Wordclock (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi based wordclock
• Pi-Top Is Taking Customization To Another Level (startuphook.com)
  Customisation is a strong feature of the 3D printed Pi laptop
• Students embrace new digital technology, Raspberry Pi (warwickdailynews.com.au)
  Students in Warwick, Australia get a taste of programming with the Pi

Upcoming Events

• Barnstaple Library Raspberry Jam (UK) (10 January)
• Darlington Raspberry Jam (UK) (10 January)
• Northern Ireland Raspberry Jam (UK) (10 January)
• SWAB Pi Interest Group (UK) (14 January)
• Manchester Raspberry Jam 25 (UK) (17 January)
• Glasgow Raspberry Pi Day (UK) (17 January)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (UK) (17 December)
• Warwick Raspberry Jam (US) (19 January)
• Raspberry Pi Hackathon #01 (TW) (24 January)
• Pi and More 6 (DE) (24 January)
• Melbourne Raspberry Jam (AU) (25 January)
• Egham Raspberry Jam (UK) (25 January)
• Stourbridge Raspberry Jam (UK) (31 January)
• Cache Valley Raspberry Jam (US) (31 January)
• Cotswold Raspberry Jam (UK) (31 January)
• North Staffordshire Raspberry Jam (UK) (2 February)
• Mechelen Raspberry Jam (BE) (12 February)
• Canberra Raspberry Pi (AU) (6 March)
• Jam Packed, Manchester (UK) (28 March)

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