Issue #24 — Fashion
Hi everyone
This has been a busy week for Ben as he prepares to move to Cambridge tomorrow – while Ryan’s Motor Board Kit fundraiser finished yesterday with 138 kits sold.
Ben also helped out at a Raspberry Pi workshop at Madlab – run for Manchester Girl Geeks, by Mathew from Kano. The Kano kickstarter had already smashed its funding target by that point – and it gave them a chance to show what the kit can be used for.
We’ve seen lots of discussion of Mathematica on the Pi – including a brilliant set of benchmark tests from Ben’s friend Mike Croucher.
Remember to check out Eben’s Movember progress – and it’s your last few days to donate.
Ben & Ryan
Picture of the week
The test rig of fifteen cameras firing simultaneously for the Magic Mirror photobooth at the Fashion Week with The Body Shop
News
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Introducing GertDuino (raspberrypi.org)
The new GertDuino expansion, an Arduino that mounts onto your Raspberry Pi -
Adventures in Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.org)
Carrie Anne Philbin's book, Adventures in Raspberry Pi, to be released next week -
PiTouch: HDMI Multitouch Monitor (indiegogo.com)
Indiegogo fundraiser for mini touchscreen for Raspberry Pi & BeagleBone
Projects
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arkOS Fundraising Campaign (fund.arkos.io)
Support arkOS - an open-source platform for securely self-hosting your online life -
Bitcoin Soda Machine (bitcoinsodamachine.com)
Buy drinks from a machine with Bitcoin or Litecoin -
A Laser CNC Machine (hackaday.com)
Build a laser engraver with old PC parts and a Raspberry Pi -
Twitter-triggered Photobooth (raspberrypi.org)
Tweet the magic mirror before it snaps your catwalk pose -
Driving a Scrolling LED Badge from a Raspberry Pi (daveakerman.com)
Dave Akerman's latest project - a flight readiness LED board
Articles & more
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Playing with Mathematica on Raspberry Pi (walkingrandomly.com)
Mike Croucher does full benchmarking of Wolfram Mathematica on Pi vs PC -
Wray Common’s Raspberry Pi - First Try (wraycommon.primaryblogger.co.uk)
Wray Common Primary School write up their first experience with the Pi -
Eben Upton Comments on Open Source Pi Concerns (linuxuser.co.uk)
Eben answers questions about the Wolfram partnership with respect to libre software -
Developing Computer Science Teaching (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
At St Mary’s College, computer science is now being offered to year 10 and 13 pupils -
Open Source Computer Science Education Kit with Raspberry Pi (gigaom.com)
How an open-source computer kit for kids is taking over Kickstarter -
Five Ways The Raspberry Pi is Making Life a Little Sweeter (phys.org)
A round-up of five of Robert Mullins's favourite Pi projects
Upcoming Events
- Preston Raspberry Jam (2 December)
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