Issue #123 — Desk
Friday 23 October 2015
Hi all
1000 weather station kits now are winging their way to schools around the world for a global weather experiment and learning experience provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Oracle.
The Astro Pi will now be launching on 3rd December, 2 weeks before Tim Peake departs for the International Space Station.
Ben
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The desk of the future
News
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Astro Pi: Mission Update 7 - Launch Vehicle Changed (raspberrypi.org)
Astro Pi is now due to depart on 3rd December on Orbital Sciences' Cygnus -
Weather Station for Schools: project update (raspberrypi.org)
1000 Raspberry Pi weather station kits are on their way to schools around the world -
Raspberry Pi Resources on TES Global (tes.com)
Free Raspberry Pi learning resource PDFs available from TES Global -
Processing coming to Raspberry Pi (github.com)
Visual arts programming interface Processing comes to Raspberry Pi
Projects
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Hyper-local Weather Dashboard (blog.initialstate.com)
Make your own weather dashboard using Initial State with the Sense HAT -
Portable Raspberry Pi Tablet (learn.adafruit.com)
Make your own tablet using the Pi's new touch display -
The Desk of the Future (hackaday.com)
Futuristic desk powered by a Pi -
Sending Voice Commands from Android Wear to Raspberry Pi (androidsensei.com)
Smartwatch voice commands controlling a Raspberry Pi -
Juju Status Flasher on Ubuntu Snappy Core (news.softpedia.com)
Monitoring JuJu cloud servers with Ubuntu Snappy Core on Raspberry Pi 2
Articles & more
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Compute Module CubeSats (raspberrypi.org)
Raspberry Pi compute module powered -
Disabling drones with a Raspberry rifle (raspberrypi.org)
Using Raspberry Pi to take down drones -
A creative person’s guide to computing (raspberrypi.org)
Creative Technologist Hannah shares her overcoming the difficulty of tech -
Sonic Pi uses code to compose a dance party (opensource.com)
An interview with Sonic Pi's creator Sam Aaron -
Getting children kindergarten-ready in ultra-rural regions (educationdive.com)
Using Raspberry Pi to provide offline education in rural areas
Contact & Submissions
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