Issue #136 — Dash

Hi all

There’s a new MagPi essentials range book out – this time on the Sense HAT.

Also, Raspberry Pi and Code Club currently have four job openings – be sure to check them out if you’re interested in applying to join the team.

Ben

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Build your own custom dashboard with Raspberry Pi

News

• Experiment with the Sense HAT (raspberrypi.org)
  A new e-book in the MagPi Essentials range
• Designer? Administrator? Come and work with us! (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi and Code Club hiring a designer and an administrator
• Jobs at Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.workable.com)
  Raspberry Pi and Code Club hiring a software engineer and community support assistant

Projects

• How to Use Lidar with the Raspberry Pi (hackaday.com)
  Remote sensing technology using Raspberry Pi
• Cleanest Raspberry Pi NES Mod (hackaday.com)
  Very well executed Raspberry-Pi-in-a-Nintendo case mod
• Pi Zero Recipe Kiosk (hackaday.com)
  Kitchen computer display with Pi Zero
• Raspberry Pi Zero AirPlay Speaker (frederickvandenbosch.be)
  Small wireless speaker project

Articles & more

• Raspberry Pi physical dashboard (raspberrypi.org)
  Connected data with a 7-segment display, a dial and some imagination
• Monty (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi personal assistant
• Malinux Télé (raspberrypi.org)
  Computers for children in Mali
• High Tide Tracker (raspberrypi.org)
  Average Man on tracking tides
• Cache Valley families participate in tech fair (news.hjnews.com)
  Family friendly activities at the Cache Valley Raspberry Jam
• Chromium OS for Raspberry Pi 2 Gets Performance Increase (news.softpedia.com)
  Multimedia codecs are now installed out-of-the-box
• Squeeze the banana to log into this office Wi-Fi (theregister.co.uk)
  Squeeze the banana to get your WiFi code

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