IT PRO Windows and Android-powered Raspberry Pi rival launches IT PRO The UP Core, a rival to the Raspberry Pi micro computer, will start shipping to Kickstarter backers in August, the company behind the innovation has revealed. The €69 (£60) computer can run Windows, Android or Ubuntu, making it much more flexible than …
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Windows and Android-powered Raspberry Pi rival launches – IT PRO
Japan hub expands capacity for Raspberry Pi microcomputer Enterprise Innovation “Existing models of the Raspberry Pi will continue to be manufactured in South Wales, UK, with the dual manufacturing locations in place to cater for future demand growth globally,” said William Chong, head of product, supplier, inventory and pricing …
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Japan hub expands capacity for Raspberry Pi microcomputer – Enterprise Innovation
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
The sharp-eyed among you will have noticed that a couple of months back, we were advertising for a new CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Today we’re really excited to announce that Philip Colligan will be joining us in July as the new CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Philip will be responsible for overseeing all of our charitable activities – that’s everything from our outreach and learning resources to grant-giving and partnerships with government and other organisations. He’ll be working closely with Eben, who continues as the CEO of Raspberry Pi Trading.
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Welcome Philip!
THV 11 Not about confections: Raspberry Pi Bake-Off happens next week THV 11 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – The Raspberry Pi Bake-Off happens March 14 at the new Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock.
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Not about confections: Raspberry Pi Bake-Off happens next week – THV 11
Ben: here’s a guest post from one of our great community members, Alex Eames, who’s providing his Kickstarter-funded HDMIPi screens to a UNICE education project in Lebanon. At the end of December 2013 James Cranwell-Ward ( @jcranwellward ) a Technologist working for UNICEF Lebanon emailed us about HDMIPi .
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UNICEF Pi Project to Educate Syrian Children in Lebanon
The PA Raspberry Pi competition challenges young people to use the Raspberry Pi to help the environment. Last year I helped judge the competition, and was amazed by the creativity and innovation of the entries (the excellent AirPi was one of last year’s winners). This year’s event was held in the Science Museum, and I went along to judge the Year 4-6 and Year 7-11 categories, and to run some workshops along the way.
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PA Consulting Raspberry Pi Competition
The 2014 Raspberry Jamboree is coming up at the end of February.
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Raspberry Jamboree, Manchester 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2014
We’ve reached a bit a landmark. As you’ll know if you’ve been following us since we started documenting what happens when you decide to make a tiny computer for education back in 2011, the first Raspberry Pis were made in China
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1.75 million sold so far – and 1 million made in the UK