I had an email on Monday morning from someone whose job title is “Witch Doctor/Marketing Specialist” from wedü , a US marketing agency. He introduced a talking skull called Yorick in the first line.
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Yorick, the talking skull
University course trades textbook for Raspberry Pi opensource.com First, the students watch this presentation to understand how easy it is to use the Raspberry Pi . They learn how to: Run a web server using a single line of Python. Run a customized web server that parses the URL query line.
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Raspberry Pi gets infrared camera unit with Pi NoIR imaging resource The folks at Raspberry Pi have unveiled yet another addition to their camera bag of tricks — a sensor without its infrared filter. Dubbed the Pi NoIR (Pi No Infrared), it's a variant on the already available camera module that they produced given user ..
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Raspberry Pi gets infrared camera unit with Pi NoIR – imaging resource
The University of York asked if we could send someone up to judge a Raspberry Pi contest they’d been running for people joining the Computer Science department over the summer break. Our very own Dr Gordon Hollingworth is a York alumnus, so we sent him to revisit his old stomping grounds (in one of his collection of stylish Raspberry Pi t-shirts – you can buy your own at the Swag Store ). Freshers were given a Raspberry Pi when they won a place at the university back in August, and had been spending the time before arriving in York working on two challenges.
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David Whale, a STEM ambassador and all-round good egg, mailed me last week to tell me about a project he’d been involved in at Goodwood race course. The Greenpower Education Trust run an electric car series for schools and businesses, where students and staff build electric race cars, and compete in 4hr mileage marathons around the country. Essex Goblins 2013 They’ve been doing a lot of work with Raspberry Pis (many of the cars have a Raspberry Pi inside), and asked David if he could use a Raspberry Pi to populate a giant display at the Goodwood course with race information.
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The world’s largest Raspberry Pi display?
5 Cool Things To Do With Your Raspberry Pi Tech Digest The Raspberry Pi , the amazing little £30 computer has been around for a little while now.
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5 Cool Things To Do With Your Raspberry Pi – Tech Digest
PetaPixel Raspberry Pi Introduces the NoIR Infrared Camera Module for Low Light …
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Ubergizmo Raspberry Pi NoIR, An Infrared Camera Ubergizmo Raspberry Pi NoIR, An Infrared Camera Assuming you happen to be a Raspberry Pi owner, here is some bit of news that you might be interested in. After all, we have already seen a fair amount of creative uses of the Raspberry Pi in various situations …
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Raspberry Pi NoIR, An Infrared Camera – Ubergizmo
I’ve got a sample of Pi NoIR, the camera board variant with no infrared filter that we talked about here yesterday, on my desk.
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Pi NoIR – the first photo; Eben at GigaOM