Issue #107 — Drones

Hi all

This week MagPi Issue #35 was released – and it was announced that next month’s magazine will be in print – available in newsagents, initially in the UK and US. Since the Foundation picked up the magazine it’s had a major facelift by editor Russell Barnes, and it’s great to see it go to print so soon – with the free PDF remaining, as promised.

Last weekend I gave workshops to adult-child pairs at FACT in Liverpool, introducing them to the Plantpot Greenhouse kit produced by Rachel. Meanwhile, Carrie Anne and James attended ISTE in Philadelphia.

Next week Picademy@Google takes place in Leeds – and Monday is the deadline for all Astro Pi competition entries.

Ben

Picture of the week

Autonomous interactive mechanical installation using military drone strike data

News

• The MagPi Issue 35 (raspberrypi.org)
  The MagPi 35 is out now - and next month will be in print
• NatureBytes WIldlife Cam Kit (raspberrypi.org)
  The NatureBytes kit lands on KickStarter
• Juplic (syntheticpp.github.io)
  A Music player for the Raspberry Pi

Projects

• PiScope (github.com)
  Turn your Raspberry Pi into an Oscilloscope/XY Plotter
• Ben Heck’s DIY Calculator (youtube.com)
  Build your own DIY graphing calculator using a Raspberry Pi
• Raspberry Pi Security Camera (pubnub.com)
  Create a Realtime Raspberry Pi Security Camera with Parse
• Raspberry Pi Nerf TerraDrone (instructables.com)
  Nerf gun mounted on a drone
• Making A Home-made Raspberry Pi Robot (averagemanvsraspberrypi.com)
  Average Man gives a tutorial on building your own Pi robot
• Simon Says with Pimoroni Explorer HAT (richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk)
  Building a Simon Says game with the Explorer HAT
• Build Your First IoT with a Raspberry Pi (instructables.com)
  Get started with the Internet of Things with this temperature sensor app

Articles & more

• Laser Dog Monitor (raspberrypi.org)
  A dog watching laser trip-wire system
• Climate control (raspberrypi.org)
  A blind and air conditioning automation project with Raspberry Pi
• Blackgang Chine dinosaur update (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi powered dinosaurs
• An Illustrated Introduction to the Raspberry Pi (instructables.com)
  An Illustrated Introduction to the Raspberry Pi by Becca Rose
• Getting to know the Raspberry Pi Camera and Pi Noir (element14.com)
  Les explains the uses of the two different Raspberry Pi camera modules
• Artificial Killing Machine (polygonfuture.com)
  Autonomous interactive mechanical installation using military drone strike data

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