Issue #66 — Pythonic

Hi all

This weekend Ben and his education team colleagues are in full force at PyConUK in Coventry, running workshops and giving talks to the Python community and computing teachers.

Meanwhile Clive, Rachel and James are heading to New York for the World Maker faire with Pimoroni.

Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

New swag bags ready for World Maker Faire in NYC

News

• New Raspbian and NOOBS Releases (raspberrypi.org)
  Information on what's in the new Raspbian image and updated NOOBS
• World Maker Faire and PyConUK (raspberrypi.org)
  Foundation team at maker faire in NYC and PyConUK in Coventry
• CNBC Pi Videos (cnbc.com)
  CNBN article featuring videos from Pi Towers and CamJam
• HDMIPi 10" IPS (hdmipi.com)
  HDMIPi ships this week, and announces an upcoming 10" version

Projects

• Face Recognition Treasure Safe (makezine.com)
  Pi & camera to make a safe that opens for your face only
• ProtoCam (kickstarter.com)
  Kickstarter project for a Prototyping Board with camera mount
• 3D Printed Syringe Pumps (3dprint.com)
  Cheap 35 printed syringe pumps powered by Pi

Articles & more

• ​Why Cambridge schoolchildren are learning computer coding (cambridge-news.co.uk)
  Pupils are now being encouraged to take their first steps into computing
• 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Laptop (geeky-gadgets.com)
  Pi-Top is a project heading to Kickstarter to make a 3D printed B+ laptop
• Fresh Coffee at Mailchimp (raspberrypi.org)
  Solving a common developer/coffee problem with Clojure and Raspberry Pi
• fim (raspberrypi-spy.co.uk)
  Neat command line tool for displaying images in the terminal

Upcoming Events

• JumpSparc Raspberry Pi Primer (RP) (20 September)
• Huddersfield Raspberry Jam (UK) (20 September)
• Raspberry Pi TX (US) (20 September)
• Silicon Valley Raspberry Jam (US) (20 September)
• Melbourne Raspberry Jam (AU) (28 September)
• Raspberry Pint (UK) (30 September)
• Exeter Raspberry Jam (4 October)
• Egham Raspberry Jam (UK) (5 October)
• Preston Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 October)
• Croydon Raspberry Jam (UK) (25 October)
• Robot Turtle - Manchester Science Festival (UK) (28 October)

Contact & Submissions

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