Liz: I’ve been hoping someone would document a project like this for a while now: this is a use of the Raspberry Pi that we think could be of enormous help to people in remote areas all over the world. Benet Hitchcock from Starlifter Digital has been introducing proper connectivity to a festival in a remote part of rural Australia. There’s limited cellular reception in the area, but it can’t cope with the sudden arrival of thousands for the event – and people need to get information via their phones.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Connecting people in remote areas – with a Pi
Liz: I’ve been hoping someone would document a project like this for a while now: this is a use of the Raspberry Pi that we think could be of enormous help to people in remote areas all over the world. Benet Hitchcock from Starlifter Digital has been introducing proper connectivity to a festival in a remote part of rural Australia. There’s limited cellular reception in the area, but it can’t cope with the sudden arrival of thousands for the event – and people need to get information via their phones.
MRI image analysis
Liz: Today’s guest post comes from Matt Hall at UCL. Call me easily impressed, but blimey, this is good. Thank you Matt! There’s no denying that people are doing some pretty amazing things with their Raspis.
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MRI image analysis
RISC OS South West show and Raspberry Jam – tomorrow
If you’re in the South West of England and you’re at a loose end tomorrow, why not drop in on the RISC OS South West show ? There’s a Raspberry Jam going on at the same time, lots of Pi stuff for sale (the RISC OS shows are a brilliant place to pick up peripherals for your Pi, and a great place to see some Pi harware projects in the flesh), and the organisers are hoping to get a chance to introduce plenty of Raspberry Pi users to RISC OS.
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RISC OS South West show and Raspberry Jam – tomorrow
Raspberry Pi Case competition update – bit-tech.net
bit-tech.net Raspberry Pi Case competition update bit-tech.net It's time to look at some of the projects you've created in our latest modding competition. Last month we launched our Make Your Own Raspberry Pi Case Competition where we asked you to make your own dinky case for the Raspberry Pi computer. It's a ..
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Raspberry Pi comes to Brazil – IT Decisions
Raspberry Pi comes to Brazil IT Decisions Earlier this month Pete Lomas, the man who designed the Raspberry Pi computer, was in São Paulo giving a keynote lecture at Campus Party about the story behind the creation of the Raspberry Pi . Pete was speaking at Campus Party in Brazil as part of the …
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CPC partners with ICT teacher Alan O’Donohoe to feed Raspberry Pi to teachers … – The Drum
CPC partners with ICT teacher Alan O'Donohoe to feed Raspberry Pi to teachers … The Drum The debate itself, led by a panel including Professor Steve Furber (principle designer of BBC Micro), Pete Lomas ( Raspberry Pi co-founder), and young enthusiastic teachers, is set to be amplified and promoted by CPC's social media channels and a ..
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CPC partners with ICT teacher Alan O’Donohoe to feed Raspberry Pi to teachers … – The Drum
Meltwater’s RGB LED libraries lesson
Meltwater (of MagPi fame) has been working on some affordable teaching add-ons for the Pi. He’s demonstrating what you can do with one of his little kits with this natty tutorial where you’ll be creating your own Python library, and using it to do some low-level control of the GPIO
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Meltwater’s RGB LED libraries lesson
Credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer gets a video cam! – GMA News
Credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer gets a video cam! GMA News Credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer gets a video cam! February 20, 2013 4:01pm. Just when you thought you can no longer squeeze anything else into the tiny Raspberry Pi computer, think again: the puny device is getting a video camera
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Raspberry (Pi) Jamboree heads to Education Innovation Exhibition – ElectronicsWeekly.com (blog)
Raspberry ( Pi ) Jamboree heads to Education Innovation Exhibition ElectronicsWeekly.com (blog) The Jamboree will provide hands-on Raspberry Pi workshops to 350 teachers and educators, with the sessions helping to educate t5he educators, filling – they believe – a critical gap in the current ICT curriculum (with coding-focused revisions being … and more