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](http://piweekly.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/eclipse-564x421.jpg)
Eclipse photo and weather data from a Raspberry Pi – from Matt Holmes
News
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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
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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
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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
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