Issue #112 — Stack

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation introduced its new head of curriculum Marc Scott. In other news, Oggcamp was announced – it’ll take place in Liverpool this October; and Sonic Pi v2.6 is out now.

Also Pi Weekly just hit 15,000 subscribers!

Ben

Picture of the week

A Raspberry Pi stack – a platform for learning about IoT

News

• Welcome Marc – our new Head of Curriculum (raspberrypi.org)
  Marc Scott starts as the Foundation's Head of Curriculum
• OggCamp 15 (plus.google.com)
  Free culture unconference in Liverpool announced for October
• Sonic Pi 2.6 (github.com)
  Sonic Pi v2.6 is out, with new features and an updated interface

Projects

• Raspberry Pi Stack (learnaddict.com)
  A platform for learning about IoT
• Share Messages via Kindle on Fridge (petervojtek.github.io)
  Using a Kindle as a photo or message display
• Raspberry PI 2 Cluster Case (pocketcluster.wordpress.com)
  Two part piece on building a 6-Pi cluster
• People Counter (instructables.com)
  How to build a People Counter with Raspberry Pi and Ubidots
• Rebroadcast Internet Radio (makezine.com)
  Streaming Internet Radio with a Pi
• Unicorn HAT Animations (richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk)
  Making animations for Pimoroni's 8x8 RGB LED matrix

Articles & more

• Raspberry Jams bring Pi enthusiasts together (opensource.com)
  Ben's opensource.com column on community Raspberry Jams
• Python in Education (lwn.net)
  A LWN summary of Carrie Anne's keynote at EuroPython
• Compact Weatherproof Raspberry Pi Camera Case (tinkererblog.wordpress.com)
  A compact, weatherproof elegant looking Pi and camera case
• Pimoroni is 3 (raspberrypi.org)
  Paul Beech talks about the last year aboard the Pirate Ship
• Solar Eclipses from Past to Future, Earth to Jupiter (raspberrypi.org)
  How the Wolfram Language can be used to visualize solar eclipses
• String Pong (raspberrypi.org)
  Hardware fun from Mike Cook in this month's MagPi
• Autonomous recording for marine ecology (raspberrypi.org)
  A flexible, low-cost Pi-powered underwater acoustic monitoring tool

Upcoming Events

• JamPackedUK at MakeFest (UK) (8 August)
• JamPackedUK at MakeFest (Day 2) (UK) (9 August)
• COSCUP 2015 Workshop (TW) (15 August)
• Raspberry Jam Silicon Valley (US) (15 August)
• Murrieta Temecula Raspberry Jam, California (US) (16 August)
• Coventry MakeJam (UK) (22 August)
• Raspberry Pi DC meetup (US) (27 August)
• Melbourne Raspberry Jam (AU) (30 August)
• Northern Ireland Raspberry Jam (UK) (12 September)
• Seattle Raspberry Jam (US) (19 August)

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