Issue #101 — Interactive

Hi everyone

I’m back from San Francisco after a great Maker Faire. The Foundation team ran the DOTS activity (connect the dots with conductive paint) and gave a number of talks and presentations, met a huge number of people and won Editor’s Choice.

This week the Inquirer Tech Hero Award ceremony took place – and Raspberry Pi took away two prizes: Eben won Tech Champion and the Raspberry Pi 2 won Best Product.

Next week is Picademy North, which takes place in York at the National STEM Centre.

Ben

Picture of the week

A fully operational interactive Astro Pi board in Minecraft – hit the sensor and get its value! By Martin O’Hanlon, of course.

News

• The Inquirer Tech Hero Awards (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Pi collects two prizes at the Inquirer Tech Hero Awards
• Free Astro Pi Hardware for Schools (astro-pi.org)
  UK Secondary Schools can apply for a free Astro Pi kit for the competition
• AstroBox 3D Printer Controller (geeky-gadgets.com)
  AstroBox lets you wirelessly manage your Astroprint 3D printer
• Roby (kickstarter.com)
  3D printed educational robotics platform on Kickstarter

Projects

• Raspberry Pi Vintage Radio Build (stuffaboutcode.com)
  Martin O'Hanlon turned his wife's 1955 Vidor Lady Anne into a Pi music player
• Pocket PiGRRL (raspberrypi.org)
  RetroPie in GameBoy form
• Video Triptych (relentlessplay.com)
  Building a synced video tryptic with Raspberry Pies and laptop screens
• Interactive Minecraft Astro Pi (stuffaboutcode.com)
  A fully operational interactive Astro Pi board in Minecraft
• Pi Motion (karlherrick.com)
  Using Node.js to create a web based PIR motion detection system
• Intermission Sound Control (makezine.com)
  Hardware switches triggering intermission music and more
• Ball Tracking (instructables.com)
  Advanced ball tracking with a USB webcam

Articles & more

• How The Raspberry Pi Sparked A Maker Revolution (popsci.com)
  A Popular Science Q&A with Eben Upton
• Should I get an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi? (opensource.com)
  A summary of the key differences between the devices
• Astro Pi and ISS Contacts at Southend Raspberry Jam (southgatearc.org)
  The upcoming Southend Jam will focus on the Astro Pi hardware and mission
• Optical Spectrometer (novuslight.com)
  This optical spectrometer can be adapted onto a smartphone or Raspberry Pi camera
• Raspberry Pi Model B+ on track to sell one million units in 2015 (v3.co.uk)
  The 2014 Model B+ selling well at its reduced price of $25
• LOGI brings FPGA functionality to Raspberry Pi (electropages.com)
  element14 releases an FPGA add-on for Pi and BeagleBone

Upcoming Events

• Raspberry PI 入門 Hackathon (TW) (23 May)
• Raspberry Pint, London (UK) (26 May)
• Raspberry Jam Mechelen (BE) (27 May)
• East Lothian Raspberry Jam (UK) (30 May)
• Southend-on-Sea Raspberry Jam (UK) (30 May)
• Melbourne Raspberry Jam (AU) (31 May)
• Preston Raspberry Jam (UK) (1 June)
• Salford Family Hack Jam (UK) (5 June)
• Cambridge Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 June)
• Media City UK Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 June)
• Exeter Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 June)
• Seattle Raspberry Jam, Washington (US) (17 June)
• Covent Garden Raspberry Jam (UK) (20 June)

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