Issue #62 — Salt

Hi everyone

Today Ben arrived back in Cambridge from his nearly 3 week USA Tour – he visited 18 venues and gave 21 talks in 10 states, drove over 4200 miles through 17 states from New York to Salt Lake City.

Ryan’s Kickstarter has reached its goal this week, you can check it out here.

Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

Ben visited the TinkerMill hackspace in Denver, Colorado

News

• The first Raspberry Pi Computer room in Togo (raspberrypi.org)
  Using Raspberry Pis in a computer room in Togo
• Win a Raspberry Pi Robot (linuxuser.co.uk)
  Linux User magazine's competition to win a Makeblock Starter Robot Kit

Projects

• 32 Node Raspberry Pi Setup (datastax.com)
  An project creating a 32 Node Raspberry Pi setup
• Layercam (saladetomateoignon.com)
  A lensless tourist camera in a Tupperware box
• Hook (raspberrypi.org)
  A clever weather sensitive clothes hook from a YRS project

Articles & more

• Ben's Talk at Utah State University (1560811.mediaspace.kaltura.com)
  Ben's final talk of his USA Tour
• What does a good computing classroom look like? (raspberrypi.org)
  Clive on classroom setup
• Linus Torvalds Still Wants A Desktop (efytimes.com)
  Linux founder says good things about the Pi's success

Upcoming Events

• Manchester Raspberry Jam (UK) (30 August)
• Cambridge Raspberry Jam (UK) (6 September)
• Raspberry Jam Berlin (DE) (13 September)
• PyConUK (Coventry, UK) (19 - 22 September)

Contact & Submissions

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