Raspberry Pi 2: Six Things You Can (and Can’t) Do – InformationWeek

InformationWeek Raspberry Pi 2: Six Things You Can (and Can't) Do InformationWeek The original Raspberry Pi changed the way many engineers and developers thought about the possibilities of an embedded system. A $35 Linux server in a 3″ x 5″ package, the “RasPi” allowed developers to write complex control systems using the same

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Raspberry Pi 2 ‘most adorable bug’ causes it to crash when you take a snap of it – Techworm

Raspberry Pi 2 'most adorable bug' causes it to crash when you take a snap of it Techworm Raspberry Pi 2, the $40 mini computer which was released last week has a bug, an adorable bug at that! It just hates cameras. Owners of the recently released Raspberry Pi 2 have found that the credit-card-sized Pi 2 reboots whenever a user tries to …

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"Most adorable bug" – Raspberry Pi 2 crashes when you take a photo of it – Naked Security

Naked Security “Most adorable bug” – Raspberry Pi 2 crashes when you take a photo of it Naked Security Raspberry. Image courtesy of Shutterstock. Owners of the recently released Raspberry Pi 2 – the itty bitty, budget computer – have found that the credit-card-sized systems reboot when users snap a flash photo of the units.

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5 hot Raspberry Pi projects for the Mac geek – Cult of Mac

Cult of Mac 5 hot Raspberry Pi projects for the Mac geek Cult of Mac The credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi has taken the tech world by storm as thousands of geeky kids and adults use the tiny, low-cost computer board to learn about coding and create all sorts of fun projects, like motion detectors, birdhouses that tweet …

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Just-released Raspberry Pi 2 can be DoSed by bright flashes of light – Ars Technica

Ars Technica Just-released Raspberry Pi 2 can be DoSed by bright flashes of light Ars Technica The bug in the Raspberry Pi 2 was documented over the weekend in a post in the Raspberry Pi Foundation forums and Monday in a blog post by the same nonprofit organization. The discovery was triggered when forum veteran Peter Onion snapped a photo

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Raspberry Pi Weather Station for schools

When I first joined the Raspberry Pi Foundation, over a year ago now, one of my first assignments was to build a weather station around the Raspberry Pi. Thanks to our friends at Oracle (the large US database company), the Foundation received a grant not only to design and build a Raspberry Pi weather station for schools, but also to put together a whole education programme to go with it.

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Camera flashes and laser pointers can crash the Raspberry Pi 2 – The Verge

CNET Camera flashes and laser pointers can crash the Raspberry Pi 2 The Verge The Raspberry Pi 2 is tiny, cheap, and surprisingly powerful, but the miniature computer apparently has a weakness — camera flashes. Earlier this week, some Pi 2 users found that their devices turned themselves off when photographed

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$35 Raspberry Pi 2 Plagued by ‘Xenon Death Flash’ But There’s a Quick Fix … – International Business Times AU

$35 Raspberry Pi 2 Plagued by 'Xenon Death Flash' But There's a Quick Fix … International Business Times AU The recently released Raspberry Pi 2 microcomputer, sold for $35 apiece, has become camera shy – it mysteriously shuts down when exposed to high-intensity light, specifically coming from a camera equipped with Xenon flash.

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