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Principia schools conferences

In November this year the UK Space Agency (UKSA) is holding two special conferences to celebrate the educational work linked to Tim Peake’s Principia mission. These events will be an opportunity for kids of all ages to show their projects to a panel of leading space experts – hopefully including Tim himself! Tim’s schedule after he returns to Earth is hectically busy, but he’s very keen to be at the events and meet children, and everyone involved is working hard towards this goal.

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Kano’s Educational Operating System Now Works on the Raspberry Pi Zero – LifeHacker India

Kano's Educational Operating System Now Works on the Raspberry Pi Zero LifeHacker India Kano's Raspberry Pi kit is a bit of a crowd favorite , even though it clock in a bit on the expensive side. The bright orange colors combined with the custom operating system built for learning makes it appealing for kids learning to code. Now, they've ..

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Raspberry Pi 2 has 1Tbyte data storage and Wi-Fi for IoT – Electronics Weekly (blog)

Electronics Weekly (blog) Raspberry Pi 2 has 1Tbyte data storage and Wi-Fi for IoT Electronics Weekly (blog) A multi-function solid-state drive (SSD) add-on for Raspberry Pi 2 will allow the educational computer to be really used as a development platform for industrial and medical data storage systems.

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Element 14 to Bake Custom Raspberry Pi’s – LinuxInsider.com

LinuxInsider.com Element 14 to Bake Custom Raspberry Pi's LinuxInsider.com Element14 on Tuesday revealed an exclusive agreement to offer OEM customers bespoke designs based on the Raspberry Pi platform.

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Announcing Picademy USA

I’m often asked when Picademy, our teacher professional development program, is coming to the United States. It’s been an incredible success within the UK and there’s clearly huge demand for it within the US. Today, we’re happy to announce a new partnership with the Computer History Museum to launch a pilot of Picademy in the United States

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Five million sold!

Yesterday we received some figures which confirmed something we’ve suspected for a few weeks now: we’ve sold over five million Raspberry Pis. The Pi has gone from absolutely nothing just under three years ago, to becoming the fastest-selling British computer.

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Intel launches £60 Raspberry Pi-like open-source mini PC – PCR-online.biz

PCR-online.biz Intel launches £60 Raspberry Pi -like open-source mini PC PCR-online.biz The $99 (£60) Minnowboard shares some similarities with the Raspberry Pi , in that it aims to provide wannabe programmers with a cheap way to design electronic systems, but is unlikely to compete directly given the Pi's preference for the educational … Intel Releases $99 “Minnowboard Max,” An Open-Source Single-Board Computer TechCrunch all 4 news articles

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Raspberry Jamboree 2014

Alan O’Donohoe writes: I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you, our Raspberry Jam community for supporting our OCR Raspberry Jamboree, the second annual convention to share the educational potential of the Raspberry Pi community. I’d also like to thank our sponsors OCR, Pimoroni, CPC, Cyntech, ModMyPi, Exa Education, MathWorks, BCS Manchester, MagPi Magazine, Raspberry Pi Geek and Ciseco. In particular I also wish to thank Lisa Mather for organising an excellent party and Dawn Hewitson particularly for support with the hack day.

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Government not serious about computing education, say teachers and … – V3.co.uk

V3.co.uk Government not serious about computing education, say teachers and … V3.co.uk Speaking at the Westminster Education Forum in London, Raspberry Pi director of Educational Development Clive Beale questioned whether the DfE was doing enough

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