Issue #38 — Opening
Hi everyone
This week we’re recovering from the Jamboree – we had a great time and hope everyone else did. Ben attended the Jam Hack Day on Saturday at Edge Hill which involved many young people working on great projects – and many prizes were given away.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation education team revealed their new GitHub organisation: raspberrypilearning where they will manage the educational resources to be included in the new website. Pull Requests welcome! This was announced along with a taster of some material, which was delivered especially for the Hour of Code week.
Ben & Ryan
Picture of the week
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The next official Raspberry Pi product: a 7″ capacitive touch display using the DSI port, on show at the Jamboree (also seen at Embedded World). Expected to be under £50.
News
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Broadcom Gives Developers Keys to the VideoCore Kingdom (blog.broadcom.com)
Broadcom released documentation for the VideoCore IV and graphics stack source -
A Birthday Present from Broadcom (raspberrypi.org)
Broadcom's announcement and a $10,000 bounty to get Quake III running -
DSI Display Prototype (twitter.com)
The prototype Raspberry Pi 7" capacitive touch display was on show at the Jamboree -
The Hour of Code and All Things Educational (raspberrypi.org)
Clive, Carrie Anne and Ben talk Hour of Code, education and hint at things to come -
Raspberry Pi Hour of Code Resources (raspberrypi.org)
A taster of Raspberry Pi's learning resources - in time for Hour of Code week -
MagPi Issue 21 (raspberrypi.org)
Issue 21 of the MagPi is out now, featuring an interview with Eben -
OpenELEC 4.0 Beta Released (openelec.tv)
The OpenELEC team announces its first Beta of OpenELEC 4.0
Projects
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Raspberry Web Server (raspberrywebserver.com)
Tips and Tricks fpr running websites on your Pi -
K9 Robot (gwfrontiers.blogspot.co.uk)
William Reichardt built a robotic dog with Raspberry Pi and Arduino -
The Quantified Fish (readwrite.com)
Move over cats and dogs; the Internet of Things for fish is here
Articles & more
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RasPi.TV at the Raspberry Jamboree (raspi.tv)
Alex Eames blogged and photographed his enjoyment at the Jamboree -
Finding Your Raspberry Pi’s System Information (maketecheasier.com)
How to show system info, usage and load on your Raspberry Pi -
The Hour of Code: Why We Should Get With the Program (theguardian.com)
How hard is coding, and why should we all be doing it? -
Recantha Jamboree Write-up (recantha.co.uk)
Michael Horne's coverage of the Jamboree in Manchester -
Seven Segments of Pi (recantha.co.uk)
A post from Nevil Hunt on use of the Seven Segments project in the classroom -
A Pi Bank for Sheffield Schools (pi.gate.ac.uk)
Sheffield University are providing local schools with Pi kits -
Recycled computers to boost Norwich schools (edp24.co.uk)
A city council initiative will see Raspberry Pi computers distributed to Norwich schools -
RasPi.TV DSI Prototype Preview (raspi.tv)
Alex Eames (creator of HDMIPI) takes a look at the official DSI display
Upcoming Events
- Torbay Raspberry Jam (8 March)
- Peterborough Raspberry Jam (15 March)
- Raspberry Jam Silicon Valley (15 March)
- Malvern Raspberry Jam (19 March)
- Preston Raspberry Jam (31 March)
- Linux User Raspberry Jam (Poole) (5 April)
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