Issue #116 — Juliet

Hi all

Last week the Foundation’s Dave Honess became a Father – his wife Kate gave birth to Juliet on Thursday 27th August. Congratulations to them both!

This week we have a new Raspberry Pi bundle for MATLAB users, a Pi powered GameBoy on KickStarter, a new Sense HAT learning resource from Carrie Anne, and a robotics subscription service, as well as a bunch of great projects and articles.

Until next week

Ben

Picture of the week

Dave’s newborn daughter Juliet Jane Honess, born on 27th August

News

• MATLAB & Simulink Student Suite - Raspberry Pi Bundle (raspberrypi.org)
  New Raspberry Pi bundle with MATLAB and Simulink software
• GameKid (kickstarter.com)
  Handheld Raspberry Pi powered retro gaming console on Kickstarter
• Magic 8 Ball (raspberrypi.org)
  New Foundation resource: make a Magic 8-Ball with the Sense HAT
• GoBox (raspberrypi.org)
  A robot kit subscription from Dexter Industries on KickStarter

Projects

• RaspiTrap (instructables.com)
  Mouse trap with embedded Raspberry Pi and camera module
• Create a Network-Wide Ad Blocker (lifehacker.co.in)
  Block ads for all users on your network by using a Raspberry Pi
• Rethinking temperature, sensors, and Raspberry Pi (rethinkdb.com)
  Temperature sensing with Python and RethinkDB on Pi
• 2.2" PiTFT HAT Enclosure (learn.adafruit.com)
  Make a tiny enclosure for your tiny Pi project
• DIY baby crying detector (instructables.com)
  One for Dave Honess - a baby crying detector project
• Floppy Drive Music (instructables.com)
  Make music with a floppy drive

Articles & more

• Joker: a Raspberry Pi + Python joke machine (raspberrypi.org)
  Programmer jokes on an Adafruit text display using pyjokes
• Barrel o' Fun (raspberrypi.org)
  Arcade machine barrel table
• Fish tank temperature probe: an ideal beginner’s project (raspberrypi.org)
  Monitoring a fish tank with Raspberry Pi and a temperature sensor
• Life with Pi (ahmedabadmirror.com)
  Dr Girish Arabale introduced the Pi to children in remote tribal schools in Maharashtra
• Boat owners urged to get creative (boatingbusiness.com)
  Internet of Things projects on yachts
• Raspberry Pi Booting On A Tiny CRT Screen (blog.adafruit.com)
  Animated GIF of a Pi booting on a small old fashioned CRT monitor
• Back to School Projects (blog.adafruit.com)
  Back to School Pi Projects from Adafruit
• Piro (piro.patrickaalto.com)
  Notes on a self-balancing robot Pi project
• MistaJam and Sam Aaron compose a piece using code (bbc.co.uk)
  Sam Aaron walks a Radio DJ through Sonic Pi
• The Ambition Box (youtube.com)
  Tiny wooden Raspberry Pi powered word processor

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