Monthly Archives: June 2014

Raspberry Pi Hits 3 Million Sales – Geeky gadgets

Geeky gadgets Raspberry Pi Hits 3 Million Sales Geeky gadgets Back in October of last year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that they had sold two million Raspberry Pi devices, and now the company has announced that they have now sold a total of three million Pi computers. We had some more news to tell

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Raspberry Pi sales hit three million milestone – Inquirer

Geeky gadgets Raspberry Pi sales hit three million milestone Inquirer The number was announced in a blog post written by Raspberry Pi Foundation communications head Liz Upton, who explained that things have gone well at Buckingham Palace and for the Raspberry Pi in general. “Apart from the bit where someone who

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Raspberry Pi at Buckingham Palace, 3 million sold

Apart from the bit where someone who shall not be named yanked a power cable early, corrupting our Minecraft demo SD card, and apart from the bit where we nearly got shot by an angry close protection officer when we read the map wrong and tried to use the wrong gate, we had a very smooth time of it on Monday, when Craig, Eben and I rocked up at Buckingham Palace at 2pm to set up a demo stand for that evening’s UK Tech Reception. We were told by frowning courtiers that we were not allowed to take any pictures inside – but happily the Palace photographer was there to catch the very surreal moment when I found myself explaining to the Queen what a Raspberry Pi is.

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RS – More flexible form factor for professional Raspberry Pi embedded … – Electropages (press release)

RS – More flexible form factor for professional Raspberry Pi embedded … Electropages (press release) RS Components has announced availability of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module, the latest product to emerge from the Raspberry Pi Foundation's development team. The Compute Module can initially be ordered from RS as part of a development kit,

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MagPi issue 24, out now!

The MagPi’s a little late this month, but it’s full of good things. The MagPi is the free magazine for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts, written, typeset and edited by the community for the community

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Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an Automatic Beer Brewing Controller – Lifehacker

Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an Automatic Beer Brewing Controller Lifehacker We've shown off some great things you can do with the Raspberry Pi , but if you're a homebrewer and want a way to easily monitor your mash, this project is for you. Reader Sebastian built a Pi-powered controller to monitor and even adjust the …

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Take Raspberry Pi, build your own private cloud – ZDNet

ZDNet Take Raspberry Pi , build your own private cloud ZDNet The Sherylbox is built around the Raspberry Pi Model B computer. This SBC comes with 512 MB of RAM, two USB 2.0 ports, 802.11n Wi-FI, and a 100mb Ethernet port.

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James Bond villain-style alarm clock for the deaf

A quick post today: I’m in a tearing hurry trying to get our display for today’s UK Technology Industry reception at Buckingham Palace ready, in the face a few awkwardnesses. We’ve got an entire education team and half an engineering team that’s off sick with something we’re calling the Raspberry Flu, and an SD card that corrupted when someone who will not be named yanked the power cable at an awkward moment

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Farnell element14 – Ideal for home automation applications – Raspberry Pi kit … – Electropages (press release)

Farnell element14 – Ideal for home automation applications – Raspberry Pi kit … Electropages (press release) EnOcean's Sensor Kit for Raspberry Pi is now available from Farnell element14.. It includes self-powered wireless sensors and a switch and is seen as ideal for home automation applications.

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