Issue #92 — Eclipse

Hi everyone

This week Carrie Anne announced that Picademy is going to the North – there’ll be a free teacher training course at the National STEM Centre in York in May. Primary and Secondary Teachers – and post-16 educators – can apply for a place now.

Carrie Anne and James are currently at the teachers’ day of the Jamboree in Preston.

Rachel’s started work on a new IoT gardening robot project – see a sneak peak in vine form.

This morning there was an eclipse and many Pi owners attempted to capture the moment with a camera module – including Dave Akerman with the most advanced method, on a helium balloon.

Raspberry Pi (forty of them) were on Blue Peter this week – in Andrew Robinson’s Bullet Time rig. Watch it on iPlayer from 10.35.

Ben

Picture of the week

Eclipse photo and weather data from a Raspberry Pi – from Matt Holmes

News

• Picademy North at the National STEM Centre (raspberrypi.org)
  Picademy is going to the North - free teacher training in York
• Google Garage (venturebeat.com)
  Google is opening centres in the UK, partnered with Raspberry Pi
• Observing the Solar Eclipse (raspberrypi.org)
  Dave Akerman sends a Pi to the skies to capture to eclipse
• Slice Media Player Shipping (raspberrypi.org)
  The first compute module product to ship is the Five Ninjas Slice
• PiKasa (indiegogo.com)
  An all-in-one Pi-based laptop on IndieGogo

Projects

• Internet Doorbell (raspberrypi.org)
  A video doorbell that calls and texts you when someone visits
• Musical light show (opensource.com)
  Create your own musical light show with Raspberry Pi
• 7 Ready-Made Raspberry Pi Projects (lifehacker.com)
  Image downloads ready for you to try something new on your Pi

Articles & more

• Offline Wikipedia in Masekelo (blog.wikimedia.org)
  Using Pis to bring Wikipedia to a school without electricity
• Piper (raspberrypi.org)
  The story of a Raspberry Pi Minecraft and electronics kit
• Fundraiser’s high-tech piece of Raspberry Pi (royalgazette.com)
  Bermuda teacher uses Raspberry Pi in projects to inspire children
• Horsham pupils reach Raspberry Pi computing final (thedistrictpost.co.uk)
  St Mary’s school have made the National finals in PA Consulting competition again
• Raspberry Pi 2 Overclock (haydenjames.io)
  Getting the most out of your Pi 2 with these overclocking settings

Upcoming Events

• Raspberry Pi Working Sessio, Chennai (IN) (22 March)
• Rhône Valley Raspberry Jam, Courthézon (FR) (22 March)
• JamPacked, Manchester (UK) (28 March)
• Huddersfield Raspberry Jam (UK) (28 March)
• Raspberry Jam PEI (CA) (28 March)
• Raspberry Pint, London (UK) (31 March)
• Raspberry Pi User Group Karachi (PK) (4 April)
• Potton Pi & Pints (UK) (11 April)
• Seattle Raspberry Jam (US) (15 April)
• Cotswold Raspberry Jam (UK) (18 April)
• Egham Raspberry Jam (UK) (26 April)
• Melbourne Raspberry Jam (AU) (26 April)
• Cache Valley Raspberry Jam (US) (19 May)
• Cambridge Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 June)

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