A Smart Programming Language for a Smart Cities Hackathon

Liz: Here’s a guest post from Bernat at Wolfram, who has been putting the Wolfram Language on the Pi to work at a Smart Cities Hackathon in Barcelona. If you haven’t used the Wolfram Language before, this is a nice little glimpse into what it’s capable of: enjoy! ____ On Friday, February 20, I had the pleasure of giving a talk to a group of young and smart individuals enlisted to represent Barcelona in the Global Urban Datafest . For this hackathon , the organizers offered one Raspberry Pi platform per team and a variety of sensors to capture physical parameters.

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Build a Tiny, Foldable Raspberry Pi-Powered Pocket Computer – Lifehacker

Lifehacker Build a Tiny, Foldable Raspberry Pi -Powered Pocket Computer Lifehacker The handheld notebook doesn't require a ton of effort to put together and you can build it for under a $100 if you hunt down deals on the parts.

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Beer and Wine Fridge of Awesomeness

Jamie Bailey from Initial State , the Internet of Things (IoT) data solutions company, recently posted this how-to for creating a Beer/Wine Fridge of Awesomeness : How do you take a perfectly good beer or wine fridge and make it awesome? A good start is to have your refrigerator tell you how many bottles are in it, when the door is open or closed, and the temperature inside your fridge.

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Raspberry Pi Mini Handheld Notebook – Geeky Gadgets

Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Mini Handheld Notebook Geeky Gadgets Anyone who fancies a little mobile Raspberry Pi computing is sure to like this mini handheld notebook that is powered by a Raspberry Pi 2 single board computer and can also be fitted with a PiTFT touch screen display is desired.

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The 12 best Raspberry Pi projects: Cool things you can do with a £22 … – Alphr

Alphr The 12 best Raspberry Pi projects: Cool things you can do with a £22 … Alphr With single-board microcomputers such as the Raspberry Pi becoming increasingly widespread, hobby computing is becoming easier and cheaper than ever before.

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Canonical Wants Users to Test Ubuntu Snappy Core for Raspberry Pi 2 – Softpedia News

Softpedia News Canonical Wants Users to Test Ubuntu Snappy Core for Raspberry Pi 2 Softpedia News Canonical has a Raspberry Pi 2 image based on Ubuntu Snappy Core, but it's still in the early stages of development.

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Wimbledon and Raspberry Pi – coding is becoming a fashion statement – ElectronicsWeekly.com

Wimbledon and Raspberry Pi – coding is becoming a fashion statement ElectronicsWeekly.com Cambridge University, with the support of Microsoft, will run its first coding summer school specifically for girls this summer.

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DevBoard Watch: RTK Raspberry Pi Motor Controller Board Kit – ElectronicsWeekly.com

ElectronicsWeekly.com DevBoard Watch: RTK Raspberry Pi Motor Controller Board Kit ElectronicsWeekly.com Check out a new design kit Raspberry Pi -based motor control, from Ryanteck. The RTK Raspberry Pi Motor Controller Board (RTK-000-001), available from the Adafruit website, uses the module's GPIO pins and is intended for starter-level design

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EuroPython 2015 – Education Summit

This year’s EuroPython conference takes place in July in Bilbao, Spain. Not only is our own Carrie Anne Philbin presenting a keynote (alongside the creator of Python, Guido van Rossum), but the Raspberry Pi Foundation will be running an Education Summit , in partnership with the EuroPython Society. We have a dedicated track of education focused talks, as well as training sessions, workshops and discussion groups for teachers and educators.

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SmartiHat Raspberry Pi A+ / HAT Mount (video) – Geeky Gadgets

Geeky Gadgets SmartiHat Raspberry Pi A+ / HAT Mount (video) Geeky Gadgets Tom Murray creator of the awesome Lego compatible Raspberry Pi case the Smarti Pi, we featured here on Geeky Gadgets. Has this week launched another Kickstarter campaign to crow phoned his new SmartiHat Raspberry Pi A+ / HAT mount

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