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New York Times article and video about Eben’s visit

Eben and I flew to the US yesterday, and bought a copy of the New York Times at the airport the moment we landed to read in the cab on the way to our hotel, because we’d been told just before we took off that there was a long  article about Raspberry Pi in the business section. A bit of a Total Perspective Vortex moment. We’ve been so busy over the last few months that I’d actually forgotten that we’d spent half a day with a video photographer from the NYT in September, when we were at Maker Faire NY.

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Red Pi at night

Sad news for collectors: unless you’re in China, you won’t be able to get your hands on one of these. We’ve been working on how to improve availability of the Raspberry Pi in China. China represents a massive potential market for the Pi, and one which comes with its own unique set of challenges

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Top 5 stories: CES madness, porn on Vine, Office 365, Raspberry Pi and Sphero … – ComputerActive.co.uk

ComputerActive.co.uk Top 5 stories: CES madness, porn on Vine, Office 365, Raspberry Pi and Sphero … ComputerActive.co.uk The Raspberry Pi Foundation said it was “made up” over the news, which will also see 15,000 Raspberry Pi teaching and learning packs distributed to schools from examining body OCR.

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Voice-controlled R2D2, a DIY Raspberry Pi-powered project – GMA News

Voice-controlled R2D2, a DIY Raspberry Pi -powered project GMA News Unfortunately, Wall-E toys available in the market are too small for Raspberry Pi hacking. The R2-D2 toy is larger and I happened to find that one guy was selling several unworkable R2-D2 toys for a low price. So I bought one immediately and started to …

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Raspberry Pi: Hottest Tech Device That Isn’t an Apple – Fora.tv (blog)

Raspberry Pi : Hottest Tech Device That Isn't an Apple Fora.tv (blog) Raspberry Pi is a tiny (3 inches by 2 inches) and cheap ($35) computer. Students, educators and hobbyists worldwide are using it to learn the fundamentals of computing and to build all sorts of cool things, including high-atmosphere remote sensors.

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Google funds 15000 Raspberry Pi computers for schoolchildren – IDG News Service

Times of India Google funds 15000 Raspberry Pi computers for schoolchildren IDG News Service Google funds 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers for schoolchildren. o John E Dunn 31.01.2013 kl 14:25 | Techworld.com.

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Raspberry Pi: Unravelling secret behind its success – Times of India

Times of India Raspberry Pi : Unravelling secret behind its success Times of India Raspberry Pi may sound like the name of a math-based dessert. But it is actually one of the hottest and cheapest little computers in the world right now. Almost 1 million of these $35 machines have shipped since last February, capturing the ..

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Google Gifts 15K Raspberry Pi Devices to UK Schools – EdSurge (blog)

Google Gifts 15K Raspberry Pi Devices to UK Schools EdSurge (blog) BERRY, BERRY NICE: Google Giving, the global and community outreach arm of the Mountain View-based tech bohemoth, has provided a grant to the Raspberry Pi Foundation for 15,000 Raspberry Pi Model B devices to be distributed among code-happy …

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