TechFrag Raspberry Pi Pixel: Desktop Operating System Environment TechFrag Raspberry Pi Pixel is the new desktop OS environment that has been built on Debian. This is a clever name as stands for Pi Improved Windows Environment …
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Although this Thursday will see the release of issue 49 of The MagPi, we’re already hard at work putting together our 50th issue spectacular. As part of this issue we’re going to be covering 50 of the best Raspberry Pi projects ever and we want you, the community, to vote for the top 20.
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Camp Bestival is the family-oriented version of the more adult-focused Bestival, and attracts 30,000 parents and children each year. Everything has been designed with families in mind, including shows and activity tents, all set within the beautiful grounds of Lulworth Castle. This year’s theme was Space .
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Raspberry Pi at Camp Bestival
It’s nearly two years since Computing became a subject for all children in England to study, and we’re now seeing some amazing work to bring opportunities for digital making into schools. Recently I visited Eastwood Academy in Southend-on-Sea, where teacher Lucas Abbot has created a digital making room, and built a community of young programmers and makers there. Lucas trained as a physics teacher and got hold of a Raspberry Pi for projects at home back in 2012
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Creative computing at Eastwood Academy
Right now, two Raspberry Pi computers are orbiting Earth on board the International Space Station.
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Astro Pi: the animated adventures of Izzy and Ed
Liz: Today we’ve got a guest post from our friends at element14, who have been running a competition over the last few months that’s had Raspberry Pi owners making movie magic. Our very own James Adams did the judging, and we’ve really enjoyed seeing the entries – we think you’ll find them as amazing as we did. Thanks folks! Whatever the science fiction film, television show or novel, all sci-fi fans share one commonality: an appreciation for the technology that helps their favourite heroes overcome even the most impossible odds.
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Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi And Arduino Home Smart Sensor – Geeky Gadgets Geeky Gadgets Dave Prochnow over on the Popular Science website has published details on how to create your very own home smart sensor, using a Raspberry Pi mini PC and the Arduino platform. Together with a few sensors to monitor the environment within your home.
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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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A Smart Programming Language for a Smart Cities Hackathon
Geeky gadgets Raspberry Pi Maynard Desktop Environment In Development (video) Geeky gadgets The Wayland support will allow the new Raspberry Pi Maynard desktop environment to enjoy the full power full provided by the 'hardware video scaler' (HVS) at the core of the device, using Wayland and Weston compositor APIs, says the systems creators.
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Finalists of PA Consulting Group's Raspberry Pi programming challenge … Cambridge Network The competition challenged schools and universities to use the Raspberry Pi , a credit-card-size computer, to 'help the environment'. The innovative line-up of over 50 entries has been whittled down to the 12 best ideas that demonstrated key programming