Issue #124 — Mutant

Hi all

This week Element 14 announced that customers can now request customisation of the Raspberry Pi to suit their particular needs. This opens the door to businesses making savings, getting new features, expanding the Pi’s capabilities and more. The service is intended for industrial use and a bulk order will be required.

The MagPi Issue 39 is out now featuring 30 minute Pi projects, GPIO Zero, time-lapse photography, Astro Pi, Sense HAT pixel art and more. Also the MagPi have published an e-book on conquering the command line – which you can download for free or buy to support the Foundation.

Ben

Picture of the week

Robert Wiltshire’s picture of a pumpkin hack by the Code Club at Perranporth School in Cornwall

News

• Raspberry Pi Customisation Services (element14.com)
  Customers can now get custom designed Pis manufactured
• The MagPi #39 is out now! (raspberrypi.org)
  100 pages of projects, news and reviews
• Conquer The Command Line e-book (raspberrypi.org)
  A new e-book from the MagPi team
• Raspberry Jams at Barnes & Noble (raspberrypi.org)
  Raspberry Jams across the US at Barnes & Noble stores
• GPIO Zero Beta 4 (pythonhosted.org)
  Try the latest release of the new Python GPIO library
• SnowPi (indiegogo.com)
  The GPIO Snowman for Raspberry Pi
• Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf on Raspberry Pi 2 (news.softpedia.com)
  There's now a RaspEX distro image based on Ubuntu 15.10

Projects

• An old bag of bones! (tecoed.co.uk)
  Twitter-controlled pirate skeleton project
• Halloween painting with moving eyes (instructables.com)
  Excellent halloween project from PiBorg
• Control your world with your Pi without programming (instructables.com)
  Use Node-red and a PiFace for physical computing
• Are my hamsters lazy or super athletes? (opensource.com)
  Data analysis on a pet hamster's athletic activities

Articles & more

• Teach, learn and make with our free learning resources (raspberrypi.org)
  Free learning resources for makers and educators from the Foundation
• Raspberry Pi projects for Halloween (raspberrypi.org)
  Collection of halloween projects curated by Helen
• Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi (readwrite.com)
  Which is the right DIY platform for you?
• Your Breakdown of Raspberry Pi Customisation (element14.com)
  Element 14 asks the community for its thoughts on customisation
• Raspberry Pi customised 'mutants' set to spread (bbc.co.uk)
  The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones asks Eben about customisation services
• Raspberry Pi, turn on the central heating please (electronicsweekly.com)
  Pi Cubes provides high voltage AC controller capability
• Now You Can Design Your Own Raspberry Pi (techcrunch.com)
  Businesses can now order custom tweaks to tailor the Pi to their needs
• You can now get official customised versions of Raspberry Pi (wired.co.uk)
  Businesses can now design and buy customised versions of Raspberry Pi boards

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