More on Raspberry Pi in Africa

One of the biggest (and nicest) surprises for us over the last two years has been the Raspberry Pi project’s popularity outside the UK. Over three quarters of our sales are now to overseas customers, and while the US and mainland Europe are our largest markets (with honorable mentions to Australia, New Zealand and Japan), there’s also been a lot of interest from the developing world. Robotics with Raspberry Pi at Kids Hacker Camp, iHub Nairobi .

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Portable XBMC Lunch Box Project Powered By A Raspberry Pi – Geeky gadgets

Geeky gadgets Portable XBMC Lunch Box Project Powered By A Raspberry Pi Geeky gadgets Using a Star Wars lunchbox together with a variety of other hardware parts including a Raspberry Pi Model B, Edimax USB wifi dongle and 7 port USB powered hub, he has created self-contained portable XBMC entertainment system. Portable XBMC Lunch

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Q&A with Gordon Hollingworth our Director of Software

Matthew Timmons-Brown, aka The Raspberry Pi Guy, was in the office recently and nailed down the elusive Gordon Hollingworth for an interview. It contains top secret stuff

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Does the Raspberry Pi work with Windows? – Your tech questions answered – The Guardian

The Guardian Does the Raspberry Pi work with Windows? – Your tech questions answered The Guardian A The Raspberry Pi is an excellent little device, but it is compromised and likely to frustrate some users with its performance without some system tinkering. These limitations are arguably by design as it tries to encourage young people not to be …

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Does the Raspberry Pi work with Windows? – Your tech questions answered – The Guardian

The Guardian Does the Raspberry Pi work with Windows? – Your tech questions answered The Guardian A The Raspberry Pi is an excellent little device, but it is compromised and likely to frustrate some users with its performance without some system tinkering

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Intercom Personal Assistant Hack Turns the Raspberry Pi into a Secretary – Technabob (blog)

Technabob (blog) Intercom Personal Assistant Hack Turns the Raspberry Pi into a Secretary Technabob (blog) Janw used a DPDT switch to rig the intercom's speaker to a sound card, which in turn is connected to a Raspberry Pi . A USB Wi-Fi adapter allows the computer to go online to search for information. Then he installed Steven Hickson's voice command ..

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Raspberry Pi: Experimenting with MPEG-2 (DVD) and VC-1 (WMV) licences – ZDNet

Raspberry Pi : Experimenting with MPEG-2 (DVD) and VC-1 (WMV) licences ZDNet Fortunately, there are a couple of good explanatory posts on the Raspberry Pi web site; first, the announcement of the codecs, and then a what can you do with them, including a nice table that shows what plays and what doesn't with which decoder(s).

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