Issue #50 — Usage
Friday 30 May 2014
Hi all
This, our fiftieth issue of Pi Weekly comes to you a few days late due to the general busy nature of Ben and Ryan.
This weekend Ben headed North for the Manchester Girl Geeks Barcamp, affectionately known as Bracamp. A very enjoyable event of talks, discussions and demos – Ben and Rachel put on a stand promoting Raspberry Pi.
This week the Raspberry Pi education team is running workshops at the Cheltenham Science Festival, from Thursday to Saturday.
Ben & Ryan
Picture of the week
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The calm before the storm – the Raspberry Pi stall at Maker Faire San Francisco
News
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Raspberry Pi Usage Guide (raspberrypi.org)
Explore your Raspberry Pi with the newly completed online usage guide
Projects
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Dynamic NFC Tag (indiegogo.com)
Two-way communication with your Raspberry Pi over NFC -
MouseAir (raspberrypi.org)
Detect a cat and fire a furry toy mouse into the hallway -
Raspberry Pi Wireless Router (geeky-gadgets.com)
How to transform a Pi into a wireless router -
Raspberry Pi Reading the News (youtube.com)
A Pi reading the news with lynx browser and festival text-to-speech -
Party Buzzer (twilio.com)
Making Your apartment buzzer party friendly with Raspberry Pi and Twilio -
The Watchmen (scott.j38.net)
Interactive sculptures that generate sound based on environment changes
Articles & more
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Raspberry Pi is Changing (electronicsweekly.com)
An interview with Eben Upton about the compute module and future of the Raspberry Pi -
UNICEF Pi Education Project (raspberrypi.org)
Alex Eames on educating children with HDMIPi kits in Lebanon -
Raspberry Pi projects from Maker Faire Bay Area (raspberrypi.org)
Alex Bradbury's round-up of Pi projects at Maker Faire San Francisco
Upcoming Events
- Preston Raspberry Jam (2 June)
- Raspberry Jam Helsinki (3 June)
- Manchester Raspberry Jam 20 (7 June)
- Exeter Raspberry Jam (7 June)
- Torbay Raspberry Pi / Arduino Jam (14 June)
- Falkirk Raspberry Jam (16 June)
- Southend Raspberry Jam (21 June)
Contact & Submissions
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