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Teaching literature with Raspberry Pi

Last week, checking out posts people had made on our Facebook page and the projects they were telling us about, one in particular caught my attention. Sarah Roman , a high school English teacher from New Jersey, had written: Our English class is going to be using the Raspberry Pi in order to build book-based video games, incorporating Scratch, Sonic Pi, and Python. The students are incredibly excited […] There was a link to an Indiegogo campaign ; we love to see Raspberry Pi used creatively outside of computing lessons, so I clicked on it

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MagPi issue 26

I’m in a bit of a rush today; we’re all at the factory in Wales where the Raspberry Pi is built to show the team that works in Cambridge how to make a Pi. So I’ll hand over to Team MagPi, who have just released their 26th edition of the free  monthly Raspberry Pi magazine, written by Raspberry Pi fans for Raspberry Pi fans. Editor Ash Stone says: This month’s Issue is packed with hardware and programming articles.  We are pleased to present the first article in an OpenCV (open source computer vision) image recognition software series by Derek Campbell.  The robot that Derek used to test the software configuration is shown on this month’s cover.

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Chinese Democracy

We were directed to a Facebook page from Hong Kong this week. It’s been set up by one of the people involved in the peaceful demonstrations that are being called the Umbrella Revolution , protesting about Beijing’s insistence on vetting and controlling the list of candidates for they city’s Chief Executive, effectively preventing free elections in Hong Kong. Our very own Dave Honess is in Hong Kong this week (nothing to do with the demonstrations – he’s gone to see some Hong Kong friends for a holiday that’s been planned for a long time).

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The MagPi issue 27: out now!

Is that the date already? The new issue of The MagPi, the free magazine written and produced by members of the Raspberry Pi community, is available today. Editor Ash Stone says: Welcome to Issue 27 of The MagPi magazine .

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Jasper Adds Voice Control To Your Raspberry Pi Projects – Lifehacker Australia

Jasper Adds Voice Control To Your Raspberry Pi Projects Lifehacker Australia To get Jasper set up initially as a standalone device, you'll just need a Raspberry Pi , a microphone and a few other parts you probably already have.

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ProtoRack PiTower – New Rack for Raspberry Pi from Flikto – PR Web (press release)

ProtoRack PiTower – New Rack for Raspberry Pi from Flikto PR Web (press release) The Raspberry Pi can now be rack-mounted and fan cooled, following the launch today of the ProtoRack PiTower by Flikto GmbH. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a friend

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