Issue #79 — Jumper

Hi everyone

Here’s the last issue before Christmas!

The Raspberry Pi Christmas Competition is open until 10th January – so get any young people you know designing the Maker Faire stand and win a B+ starter kit.

Have a happy Christmas!

Ben

Picture of the week

Spencer Organ aka Mr. UK Tech Reviews shows off his WiFi enabled Christmas jumper

News

• Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (raspberrypi.org)
  The Raspberry Pi Foundation are sponsoring the Christmas Lectures
• Christmas Shopping Guide (raspberrypi.org)
  Ideas and tips for Pi-style gift giving this Christmas - hardware, books and more
• PiTablet (kickstarter.com)
  A Raspberry Pi powered tablet starting at $99 on KickStarter
• Sensor Connection Card (kickstarter.com)
  This card lets you easily connect external 5V devices to your Pi
• Ubotia PiPanther (kickstarter.com)
  A Raspberry Pi on tracks

Projects

• Controlling Telescopes with Mathematica (raspberrypi.org)
  Using Mathematica on Raspberry Pi to accurately control telescopes
• Christmas Light Sequencer (raspberrypi.org)
  Using Python to control Christmas tree lights
• Xmaspilights (raspberrypi.org)
  Reading College students' Christmas techno tree
• Create an Inclinometer using a Raspberry Pi (hackaday.com)
  A kit to measure the various angles of an off-road vehicle
• Raspberry Pi Garage Door Opener (driscocity.com)
  The idiot's guide to creating an internet enabled garage door opener
• Create your own smart light using Raspberry Pi (lelylan.github.io)
  Learn how to control and monitor your lights from mobile, tablet and desktop

Articles & more

• Energy/Power Monitor wins Nigeria’s Raspberry Jam (disrupt-africa.com)
  Power consumption tracker wins prizes at Raspberry Jam at CcHub
• National Geographic takes open source to the wilderness (opensource.com)
  A team of National Geographic Explorers using the Pi in the African wilderness
• Open Source Christmas Gift Guide (opensource.com)
  2014 Holiday Gift Guide for open source enthusiasts

Upcoming Events

• Raspberry Pi Book Club #04 (TW) (22 December)
• Preston Raspberry Jam (UK) (5 January)
• Darlington Raspberry Jam (UK) (10 January)
• Manchester Raspberry Jam 25 (UK) (17 January)
• Glasgow Raspberry Pi Day (UK) (17 January)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (UK) (17 December)
• Pi and More 6 (DE) (24 January)
• Egham Raspberry Jam (UK) (25 January)
• Stourbridge Raspberry Jam (UK) (31 January)

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