PetaPixel (blog) Make a DIY Compact Camera Using Raspberry Pi PetaPixel (blog) Raspberry Pi project platform PiJuice is currently raising funds for its portable module on Kickstarter. As a demo of its capabilities, the team has created a step-by-step tutorial showing how the product can be used to build a DIY Raspberry Pi compact …
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Kano OS made free for Raspberry Pi 2 SlashGear To quicken the development of Kano OS and its innards, the team behind the creation of the “fast, fun, friendly OS” have made it free to Raspberry Pi 2. This software works with games, web browsing, a video app, and lots of tools for software development.
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We recently noticed that we were soon to be approaching our 1000th post since our blog began in July 2011 , and thought we ought to curate some stats and share some of our proudest moments from this incredible journey with you! Eben set up the blog to let people know about developments of the Raspberry Pi and its use in education. This is what the website looked like back then: We’ve come a long way since that first post: the blog has seen two ( 2013 , 2014 ) major redesigns (as well as that joke one ), and it’s brought you eight product launches ( Model B , Model B rev2 , Model A , Camera module , Pi NoIR camera , Compute module , Model B+ , Model A+ and Pi 2 Model B ); we’ve announced Picademy , free learning resources , our million pound education fund , we announced we’re sending Pis to the International Space Station , we’ve run several competitions and many more education initiatives as well as featuring countless amazing Raspberry Pi projects.
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Lifehacker Australia Turn A Raspberry Pi 2 Into A Cheap SteamBox For In-Home Streaming Lifehacker Australia When combined with Steam's In-Home Streaming, the new Raspberry Pi 2 can become a super-affordable Steam Box capable of streaming games from your PC to your TV. On their new show, Possibly Unsafe, Patrick Norton and Michael Hand demonstrates
Lifehacker UK Dealhacker: £7 Amazon Fire TV Stick, Raspberry Pi Camera Module, Wearables … Lifehacker UK We've been waiting some time for the Amazon Fire TV Stick to launch in the UK, but today it was announced for an April release. Whether you are a Prime member or not, it is well worth taking advantage our top deal today – and signing up to Prime if ..
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NewsHub.org How to turn your Raspberry Pi 2 into a retro games console NewsHub.org The Raspberry Pi 2 is great. It offers up to six times the power of the first-gen model, yet doesn't cost any more or take up extra space.
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Last Friday morning I got up at an unfamiliar hour to board a train to Leicester, where BBC Stargazing were broadcasting a special live show to coincide with the partial solar eclipse over the UK. Regular readers will have seen Dave Akerman write here last week of his plans to launch two Model A+ Pis with Pi in the Sky telemetry boards on a weather balloon as part of the BBC’s event, with the aim of capturing stills and video of the eclipse from high above the clouds. As we’ll see, Dave was far from the only person using Raspberry Pis to observe the eclipse; to begin with, though, here’s a downward-facing view from one of his Pis of the launch, done with the help of a group of school students: I caught up with Dave a bit later in the morning, by which point the payload had been recovered after a shortish flight
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TechRadar How to turn your Raspberry Pi 2 into a retro games console TechRadar The Raspberry Pi 2 is great.
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Lifehacker Turn a Raspberry Pi 2 Into a Cheap, DIY SteamBox for In-Home Streaming Lifehacker The new Raspberry Pi 2 has a lot of potential, but when combined with Steam's In-Home Streaming, it becomes a super-affordable Steam Box capable of streaming your games from your PC to the big screen easily.
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Geeky Gadgets PiConfig Raspberry Pi Network Configurator (video) Geeky Gadgets Watch the video below to learn more about this useful Raspberry Pi network configuration tool that is simple to use and provides a time-saving alternative to setting up your network manually whenever required by the command line.
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