Issue #123 — Desk

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

Picture of the week

The desk of the future

News

• 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

• 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

• 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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