Issue #70 — Jam

Hi everyone

Last weekend Ben spoke at PyCon Ireland in Dublin, and this week the Foundation launched the Raspberry Jam section of the website, which features a map and calendar of Raspberry Pi events around the world.

James Adams, head of hardware on Raspberry Pi’s engineering team, yesterday released the hardware designs for the compute module development board.

Also, Pi Weekly hit 10,000 subscribers!

Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

The Compute Module IO Board as viewed in the CAD tool

News

• Compute Module IO Board Designs Available (raspberrypi.org)
  Compute Module development board design files released
• Spreading the Jam (raspberrypi.org)
  New Jam section to promote Raspberry Pi events around the world
• 3.8 Million Pis Sold (techcrunch.com)
  Sales of Raspberry Pis have now passed 3.8 million
• Pi-Top (indiegogo.com)
  3D printed Raspberry Pi laptop kit

Projects

• Make a Tweeting Babbage (raspberrypi.org)
  A new resource to make a Babbage that takes photos and tweets them
• Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Node (cryptocoinsnews.com)
  Use your Pi as a bitcoin wallet

Articles & more

• RACHEL-PI - Delivering Education Worldwide (raspberrypi.org)
  The offline education server project RACHEL-PI
• Annabel's Goblin Detector (raspberrypi.org)
  PyConUK from the eyes of an 8 year old girl and her Pi project
• New open hardware: Raspberry Pi B+ (opensource.com)
  A general review of the Raspberry Pi Model B+

Upcoming Events

• Croydon Raspberry Jam (UK) (25 October)
• Potton Pi & Pint (UK) (1 November)
• Belfast Raspberry Jam (UK) (11 October)
• Singapore Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts (SG) (13 October)
• Croydon Raspberry Jam (UK) (25 October)
• Robot Turtle at Manchester Science Festival (UK) (28 October)
• York Raspberry Jam (UK) (1 November)
• Ideas Hub, Chelmsford (UK) (2 November)
• London Raspberry Jam (UK) (8 November)
• Mechelen Raspberry Jam (BE) (13 November)
• Hull Raspberry Jam (UK) (22 November)
• London Raspberry Jam (UK) (29 November)

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