Monthly Archives: August 2013

PiRack connects multiple I/O boards to the Raspberry Pi – New Electronics

PiRack connects multiple I/O boards to the Raspberry Pi New Electronics “The PiRack is a great new addition to the Raspberry Pi family as it makes development more flexible and increases the connections the Pi can have with the outside world”, said Dr Robinson.

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Buy a Pi, get an 8GB NOOBS SD card for $5

By now I hope many of you have had a chance to play with NOOBS , the new out of box software we released back at the start of June. Although originally aimed at providing a better experience for newcomers to the Pi, we now reckon NOOBS is the best way for almost everyone to get the most out of their Pi. With this in mind, from today our partners RS Components and element14 will be offering an optional 8GB NOOBS SD card with every new Model A or Model B Raspberry Pi, for only $5.

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Raspberry Pi gets extra connections with exclusive new PiRack carrier card – CIOL

Raspberry Pi gets extra connections with exclusive new PiRack carrier card CIOL CHICAGO, USA: Newark element14 in collaboration with Dr.

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Build a Simple Raspberry Pi Room Alarm System to Keep Intruders Away – Lifehacker

Build a Simple Raspberry Pi Room Alarm System to Keep Intruders Away Lifehacker Alarm systems are pretty expensive, but if you want to whip up something on your own, Make shows off how to build a very simple alarm system with a Raspberry Pi . The system uses a Raspberry Pi , USB camera, keypad, revolving light, and a speaker.

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NMIT Sponsors Raspberry Pi’s into Schools – Scoop.co.nz (press release)

NMIT Sponsors Raspberry Pi's into Schools Scoop.co.nz (press release) NMIT Senior Lecturer Mark Caukill said sponsoring the Raspberry Pi's was a highly practical way NMIT could support local digital technology teachers and students. “The Raspberry Pi's are an inexpensive but powerful programming platform which can be

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2nd Raspberry Pi US Roadshow is go!

Here’s Rob’s final route and itinerary for his heroic 2nd Raspberry Pi US Roadshow . We spent weeks trying arrange the route so that it looked like a caffeine molecule– even making Rob take arbitrary day trips to add on the CH3 groups–to no avail. Tuesday 6th August – Pumping Station One , Chicago, IL –  http://pumpingstationone.org/2013/08/raspberry-pi-rob-bishop-aug-6th-ps1/ Thursday 8th August – Indiannapolis, IN – TBC Friday 9th August – LVL1 , Louisville, KY –  http://www.lvl1.org/2013/07/30/raspberry-pi-roadshow-visit-august-9th-600-pm/ Monday 12th August – TCMaker , Minneapolis, MN –  http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2013/07/raspberry-pi-roadshow-is-coming-to-town/ Wednesday 14th August – Solid State Depot , Boulder, CO –  http://www.meetup.com/SolidStateDepot/events/132742852/ Friday 16th August – Boise State University , Boise, ID –  https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cq1b9d19kmdtuka11nt8n7oshco Friday 16th August –  Open Lab Idaho , Boise, ID –  https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cq1b9d19kmdtuka11nt8n7oshco Monday 19th August – Mojave Makers , Mojave, CA –  http://rpiroadshowmojave.eventbrite.com/ Thursday 22nd August – Jigsaw Renaissance , Seattle, WA –  http://www.meetup.com/Jigsaw-Renaissance/events/131115022/ Friday 23rd August – Science City at Union Station , Kansas City, MO – TBC Saturday 24th August –  Kansas City’s 4th Maker Expo , Kansas City, MO –  http://makekc.org/content/rob-bishops-2013-hackerspace-tour-raspberry-pi-maker-expo Saturday 24th August –  Cowtown Computer Congress , Kansas City, MO –  http://www.c3kc.org/2013/08/01/are-you-ready-for-some-raspbery-pi/ Rob will present a talk entitled “Raspberry Pi – One Year On” that will cover both the origin story of the Raspberry Pi as well as outlining recent developments.

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Build A Simple Raspberry Pi Room Alarm System To Keep Intruders Away – Lifehacker Australia

Build A Simple Raspberry Pi Room Alarm System To Keep Intruders Away Lifehacker Australia The system uses a Raspberry Pi , USB camera, keypad, revolving light and a speaker. When it detects motion, it sets off the alarm, speaks a few lines to the intruder, and then sends you a text message with a picture

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PiCast App Transforms Your Raspberry Pi Into Chomecast Style Device (video) – Geeky gadgets

Geeky gadgets PiCast App Transforms Your Raspberry Pi Into Chomecast Style Device (video) Geeky gadgets If you have a Raspberry Pi handy and fancy adding a few features similar to that of Google's new Chromecast media streaming device.

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