Issue #48 — Ronald

Hi all

This week, RS Components put out a new advert featuring the Raspberry Pi – and a guy called Ronald who built an incredible fruit drum kit with one!

It’s great to see some Model A/B prototype products evolving to use of the upcoming compute module for production – like the tablet dock we featured last week – and now OTTO, the hackable camera.

Picademy applications are open – so if you know a teacher in the UK who wants to explore the possibilities of using Raspberry Pi in the classroom (in any subject) – send them to raspberrypi.org/picademy and check out the video from April’s course.

Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

Eben lovingly strangling his wife Liz. Photo taken by Alex Eames on his visit to Pi Towers this week.

News

• New RS Ad (raspberrypi.org)
  New advert from RS Components featuring a Pi project
• OTTO - The Hackable Camera (raspberrypi.org)
  OTTO is a product that will use the Raspberry Pi compute module

Projects

• PebblyPi Smart Doorbell (raspberrypi.org)
  This smartwatch tells you when the doorbell rings
• Assembling RTK 003 Budget Robot Kit (smstextblog.blogspot.co.uk)
  How to assemble Ryan's budget robot kit
• Little Man Computer (projects.drogon.net)
  Gordon Henderson's BASIC implementation of LMC for Raspberry Pi
• Boot from a 16MB SD Card (redrobe.com)
  Booting the Raspberry Pi from a 16MB (not 16GB!) SD card
• Raspberry Pi NAS for Travelers (benperove.com)
  Building a travel friendly NAS to access your masses of data on the go
• Rugged Raspberry Pi Aluminium Case (geeky-gadgets.com)
  A sturdy Raspberry Pi enclosure for £22

Articles & more

• Teach, Learn and Make with Raspberry Pi (tech-book-store.amazon.com)
  Carrie Anne's post for Amazon featuring her book and the new website
• Cambridge Education Jam Write Up (raspberrypi.org)
  Humongous post summing up the Cambridge Jam with an education focus
• Heston, We Have a Potato (raspberrypi.org)
  Liz's write-up of Dave Akerman's appearance on Heston Blumenthal's TV show
• NOOBS Updates - What's New (zdnet.com)
  ZDNet covers the changes in recent updates to NOOBS

Upcoming Events

• Trowbridge Community Day (Pi workshops) (17 May)
• Raspberry Jam Silicon Valley (17 May)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (Adults) (21 May)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (Students) (21 May)
• Raspberry Jam Helsinki (3 June)
• Falkirk Raspberry Jam (16 June)

Contact & Submissions

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