Issue #93 — Dog

Hello

This week the Foundation published their 1000th blog post and curated some stats on the blog’s history for the occasion. You can look back on over 4 years of stories from the Raspberry Pi team.

Andrew Robinson and the PiFace team just launched CodeBug on Kickstarter – it’s a programmable wearables device you can code from anywhere.

PiJuice is back as sponsor this week and it’s great to see it having done so well this weekend is your last chance to back it.

This weekend is also your last chance to apply for the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists programme – those aged 16-21 can apply for the 12-month programme. Read more at raspberrypi.org/creatives and apply before 9am Monday!

Ben

Picture of the week

Robot Dog project at the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition

News

• Our 1000th blog post! (raspberrypi.org)
  Stats from the history of the Raspberry Pi blog
• A Pi’s eye view of the solar eclipse (raspberrypi.org)
  Photos, videos and more from Pis showing last week's Eclipse
• Raspi-LTSP is now PiNet (raspberrypi.org)
  Easily manage a classroom of Pis with LTSP project PiNet
• Konekt Dash (kickstarter.com)
  A cellular development kit with Pi support
• Codebug (kickstarter.com)
  The cute, programmable, light-up wearable for everyone

Projects

• Building a SNES emulator (mariospr.org)
  Building a SNES emulator with a Raspberry Pi and a PS3 gamepad
• LEGO model smart home (raspberrypi.org)
  Home automation demo with Raspberry Pi and Lego
• Speech Recognition with PocketSphinx (wolfpaulus.com)
  Wolf Paulus's tutorial on SphinxBase and PocketSphinx for speech recognition
• Powering a Pi with a 5W solar panel (instructables.com)
  Make your own solar powered Raspberry Pi
• 74% Eclipse of the Heart (bytingidea.com)
  Eclipse capturing fun from James Mitchell in Berlin
• Raspberry Pi Serial Client (jonmoore.duckdns.org)
  Connecting a Pi via serial
• Raspberry Pi Compact Camera (instructables.com)
  Make a DIY compact camera with an A+, PiJuice, camera and some bits

Articles & more

• PiJuice (raspberrypi.org)
  Aaron Shaw talks PiJuice on the Raspberry Pi blog
• PA Consulting Raspberry Pi Competition Winners (consultancy.uk)
  4 teams win PA Raspberry Pi projects competition
• Robot dog unlocks potential of pocket-sized computer (ibtimes.co.uk)
  Robot Dog created at PA Consulting competition
• World record attempt not just pi in the sky (allmediascotland.com)
  Computing students in Scotland will attempt world record Pi in the sky on 11th April

Upcoming Events

• Paris Raspberry Pi Jam (FR) (30 March)
• Cameroon Rasp4Dev Day (CM) (4 April)
• Raspberry Pi User Group Karachi (PK) (4 April)
• Exeter Raspberry Jam (UK) (4 April)
• Raspberry Pint, London (UK) (4 April)
• Raspberry Jam Barcelona 2015 (ES) (11 April)
• Roanoke Raspberry Jam, Virginia (US) (11 April)
• Northern Ireland Raspberry Jam 11 (UK) (11 April)
• Potton Pi & Pints (UK) (11 April)
• A Slice of Pi, Worcestershire (UK) (14 April)
• Seattle Raspberry Jam (US) (15 April)
• Rhône Valley Raspberry Jam, Courthézon (FR) (26 April)

Thanks to our sponsor

PiJuice is more than just a portable power supply for the Raspberry Pi – it is a complete project platform. We have recently released the PiJuice Maker Kits (a games console, compact camera and PocketPi) as pledge levels on the Kickstarter project as well as free project guides on Instructables for everyone to enjoy.

There are just a few days left in our Kickstarter campaign so head over to PiJuice.com to find out more and support the project! You can also use #ProjectPiJuice on Twitter to show your support.

Contact & Submissions

This newsletter is curated by @ben_nuttall. Tweet links to @rpf_weekly or email weekly [at] raspberrypi.org