Issue #39 — Slash
Friday 14 March 2014
Happy Pi Day, everyone! Today’s issue brought to you at 3.14pm
This week, Pi Towers was alerted of a new born baby – Lorna (Raspberry Pi Facebook, Google+ and trademarks) gave birth to Ronan Peter.
Here’s a video of Simon Singh talking about uses of Pi (mathematical, not Raspberry) in the Simpsons.
Have a slice of Pi.
Only 3 months and 14 days to Tau Day!
Ben & Ryan
Picture of the week
![pioneers](http://piweekly.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pioneers-564x423.jpg)
Dave Honess from Raspberry Pi with Young Pioneers at the Big Bang Fair
News
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Element 14's Sound Card Available (techcrunch.com)
The Wolfson audio card for Raspberry Pi is now available from Element 14 -
Budget Robotics Kit for Raspberry Pi (indiegogo.com)
Ryan's budget robotics kit is now being fundraised on Indiegogo
Projects
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Oreo Cookie Printer (youtube.com)
3D printed filled Oreos at SXSW guided by what's trending on Twitter -
Happy Tappers (tumati.com)
Hacking Christmas ornaments to dance to the beat using FFT -
Sound Wall (geeky-gadgets.com)
Soundwall is an UPnP streamer that works as a speaker while being art
Articles & more
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Industrial Bitcoin Mining (raspberrypi.org)
A warehouse of Pis mining bitcoins -
Raspberry Pi Projects Book (raspberrypi.org)
Ben puts out the word about Mike and Andrew's Projects book -
Command Pi App (studiozoetekauw.nl)
New Pi monitoring app for iOS
Upcoming Events
- Peterborough Raspberry Jam (15 March)
- Raspberry Jam Silicon Valley (15 March)
- Malvern Raspberry Jam (19 March)
- Preston Raspberry Jam (31 March)
- University of Manchester Raspberry Jam (29 March)
- Linux User Raspberry Jam (Poole) (5 April)
Contact & Submissions
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