Ars Technica Just-released Raspberry Pi 2 can be DoSed by bright flashes of light Ars Technica The bug in the Raspberry Pi 2 was documented over the weekend in a post in the Raspberry Pi Foundation forums and Monday in a blog post by the same nonprofit organization. The discovery was triggered when forum veteran Peter Onion snapped a photo
CNET Flash can cause camera-shy Raspberry Pi 2 to crash CNET Some Raspberry Pi 2 owners discovered over the weekend that when they photographed the device with a flash, it would turn off. Since then, Raspberry Pi Foundation employees have been analyzing the device to see what causes the issue, and according to
The Register Raspberry Pi 2 power crashes when exposed to xenon flash ZDNet It seems that the new Raspberry Pi 2 is susceptible to flash photography, with users complaining of the board losing power when put under the glare of a xenon tube flash — commonly used in flash photography.
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The Guardian Raspberry Pi 2 goes on sale for less than £25 – with support for free Windows 10 The Guardian The new Raspberry Pi 2 is the same size and price as the original Model B+, which the was third version of the pocket hobbyist computer.
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Raspberry Pi 2 goes on sale for less than £25 – with support for free Windows 10 – The Guardian
Several people have mentioned the idea of using the Pi to help relatives and carers support older people in their own homes by monitoring aspects of their daily routine as well as things like the indoor temperature, but until now, we hadn’t seen anyone write up a system they’d implemented. So we were very interested when we received an email from Jamie Grant, telling us how he had used a Raspberry Pi-based home monitoring system to help him support his late mother in maintaining her independence.
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Pi HomeGuard: helping people stay independent longer
The Guardian How to get the most out of a Raspberry Pi ? Your tech questions answered The Guardian A Great question. Computing and robotics are both amazing fields of study and work and a source of fun for those that get into them
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The Guardian Syria's children learn to code with Raspberry Pi The Guardian The multi-award-winning Raspberry Pi – a credit-card sized computer that plugs into a TV and has the processing power of a desktop PC – is arriving in the area, a far cry from its origins in 2006 at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory.
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ExtremeTech Raspberry Pi 2 targeted for 2017, current model gets much-needed upgrade to …
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ExtremeTech A bigger and better Raspberry Pi : Five things to try out with the new model B+ TechRepublic It's been two years since the Raspberry Pi computer launched and during that time the $35 Linux board has received only minor tweaks.
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ExtremeTech New Raspberry Pi Adds More USB Ports, Still Just $35 Mashable A new version of the Raspberry Pi — the $35 credit card-sized computer — will have a few design changes that will make it more robust, and it will still come with the same low price tag.
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