Monthly Archives: June 2013

Google gives £500000 to Raspberry Pi project to help save rhinos – The Independent

The Independent Google gives £500000 to Raspberry Pi project to help save rhinos The Independent The cameras, which are powered by Raspberry Pi computers, use automated sensors to transmit images of intruders in the park and triangulate the sounds of gunshots. These features will allow park-rangers to quickly pinpoint poachers' locations and ..

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RaspLogic brings drag-and-drop programming to Raspberry Pi for home … – Treehugger

RaspLogic brings drag-and-drop programming to Raspberry Pi for home … Treehugger However, to take one example, say you want your MP3 player to start playing when you get up in the morning, you need some reference on a common platform and Raspberry Pi is the only one common platform where people can do this without spending too …

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NOOBS Simplifies Raspberry Pi Setup – Lifehacker Australia

NOOBS Simplifies Raspberry Pi Setup Lifehacker Australia You can do an awful lot of very clever things with a Raspberry Pi , many of which we've covered here at Lifehacker previously. But if the prospect of setting up SD cards and choosing a distribution is just a bit too daunting, a new tool should make it a ..

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Raspberry Pi: back to basics – Australian Teacher Magazine

Raspberry Pi : back to basics Australian Teacher Magazine In an era when electronics are present everywhere but visible nowhere, the Raspberry Pi is an opportunity to take students behind the magician's curtain, back to the days of the Homebrew Computer Club, and let them discover the science behind the magic.

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NOOBS software to make Raspberry Pi setup easier for… n00bs – Liliputing

NOOBS software to make Raspberry Pi setup easier for… n00bs Liliputing The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, hackable mini-computer designed to support open source software and enable students, hackers, and just about anyone to learn to use a computer. But the truth of the matter is that a Raspberry Pi has a steeper …

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Introducing the New Out Of Box Software (NOOBS)

If you’re a beginner with a Raspberry Pi, things just got a whole lot easier. We started this project with the premise that throwing people in at the deep end and making them jump hurdles, to mix my sporting metaphors, is a good way to get them to learn stuff. It is: but it can also put some people off, sometimes terminally

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MagPi issue 13: out now, and free to download!

Team MagPi have wiped their bleary eyes after celebrating their first anniversary issue, and have come up with a magazine for June that will have you playing the Archimedes version of Elite on your Pi, writing racing games in Scratch, and making music with Schism.

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Hot Raspberry Pi boosts Electrocomponents – Financial Times

Hot Raspberry Pi boosts Electrocomponents Financial Times The device has proved such a hit with budding computer programmers that it sold out within hours of its launch in February, resulting in a hefty backlog of orders. Raspberry Pi's popularity helped Electrocomponents, which trades under the RS Components …

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Here’s What People Are Actually Using That $35 ‘ Raspberry Pi ‘ Computer For – Business Insider

Business Insider Here's What People Are Actually Using That $35 ' Raspberry Pi ' Computer For Business Insider The Raspberry Pi is a Linux computer that costs just $35, making it a perfect computer for the electronics hobbyist or tinkerers. Kids are learning to program on them. Although a little basic on its own, people are interfacing it with other devices and …

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