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

• 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

• 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

• 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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