Issue #131 — Tim

Hi everyone

On Tuesday, ESA’s first British astronaut Tim Peake was successfully launched into space and boarded the International Space Station. During his mission he’ll be running experiments written by UK school students as part of the Astro Pi competition.

Ben

Picture of the week

Excited school children at the London Science Museum for Tim Peake’s launch

News

• Tim Peake's Launch (astro-pi.org)
  British ESA astronaut Tim Peake launches to the ISS
• Christmas gifts for 2015 (raspberrypi.org)
  This year's Christmas gift guide from Raspberry Pi
• DOTs Board: on sale now! (raspberrypi.org)
  Rachel's dot-to-dot conductive paint activity board out now
• Make Games with Python (raspberrypi.org)
  The latest e-book in The MagPi Essentials range

Projects

• Zero Internet Connected Information Display (frederickvandenbosch.be)
  Tiny information display enclosing a Pi Zero
• Build a Retro Gaming Console (makezine.com)
  Make show how to build a Retro Gaming Console with Raspberry Pi
• Zero R2-D2 (techradar.com)
  How to build your own R2-D2 with the Raspberry Pi Zero
• Raspberry Pi Digital Photo Frame (youtube.com)
  A digital photo frame to hang on your Christmas tree
• Raspberry Pi LED Matrix Display (learn.adafruit.com)
  Show the Pi's video output on a large RGB LED matrix display
• 3D Printed Robot with Raspberry Pi (youtube.com)
  A 3D printed robot with lights, sounds, and movements
• One-Button Audiobook Player (blog.adafruit.com)
  Build a simple audiobook player that's easy to control

Articles & more

• The Pi á la Code Project (raspberrypi.org)
  Taking the Raspberry Pi to rural India
• Light painting with a Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.org)
  Awesome Pi powered light shows from Adafruit
• Glasgow Raspberry Pi Day (raspberrypi.org)
  Review of William Bell's Raspberry Pi Day in Glasgow
• The $5 Raspberry Pi Zero is too damn expensive (betanews.com)
  Satirical article on the Pi Zero

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