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Welcoming our new CEO

Liz: As regular readers will know, Raspberry Pi is a charity. We’re split into two parts: the Raspberry Pi Foundation is the charitable body, and it owns Raspberry Pi Trading, the part of the organisation that develops the hardware you all buy. All the profit we make in Raspberry Pi Trading goes straight to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, where it’s spent on our charitable aims. Philip Colligan is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, working with Eben, who remains CEO of Raspberry Pi Trading

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Top 5: Password alternatives, Raspberry Pi in space, and more – opensource.com

Top 5: Password alternatives, Raspberry Pi in space, and more opensource.com Ben Nuttall does development and outreach at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and in this new column he begins by telling us about a trip to the International Space Station for six months by British ESA astronaut Tim Peake. What's super special about this ..

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First Pi in space

Recently you may have seen some of the awesome things that Dave Akerman has been doing with Raspberry Pi and Balloons . For the eclipse he was able to capture this image from his high altitude payload. Dave who’s been doing high altitude flights for some time has racked up some pretty impressive bragging rights including the first Raspberry Pi (B, A and A+) in near space

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Education spotlight: Device puts a world of information in the hands of … – Kitsap Sun

Kitsap Sun Education spotlight: Device puts a world of information in the hands of … Kitsap Sun Rotary International members Chris and Bob Cairns power up a pair of tablets that are used with a device called Raspberry Pi

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Raspberry Pi computers will be blasted into space by UK Space Agency – Techworld.com

Raspberry Pi computers will be blasted into space by UK Space Agency Techworld.com UK Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will take two Raspberry Pi computers on his next space mission, in the hope that UK pupils will create their own app or experiment that can be deployed on the International Space Station. Accenture Technology Labs

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Students’ Raspberry Pi computers to run on International Space Station – ComputerWeekly.com

International Business Times UK Students' Raspberry Pi computers to run on International Space Station ComputerWeekly.com For primary schools, teams will be asked to think of an original idea for an experiment of application which can be conducted on the Astro Pi during the mission. The two best teams will work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to code them ready for flight. Raspberry Pi to blast off into space BetaNews Raspberry Pi apps created by UK children will embark on 6-month ISS mission International Business Times UK Raspberry Pi goes to space to teach kids spacecraft coding E&T magazine Inquirer

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Raspberry Pi computers are heading into space – Inquirer

BBC News Raspberry Pi computers are heading into space Inquirer The project is called Astro Pi, naturally, and the computers will be sent up to the International Space Station (ISS) by the UK Space Agency and will run child-created code, according to the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog.

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Tim Peake to take kids’ Raspberry Pi code to space – Wired.co.uk

BBC News Tim Peake to take kids' Raspberry Pi code to space Wired.co.uk The venerable Raspberry Pi has sparked the imaginations of countless developers, makers and tech enthusiasts worldwide. Now it's continuing to blaze its trail of innovation by heading up to space.

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Astronaut Tim Peake invites Raspberry Pi challenge – BBC News

BBC News Astronaut Tim Peake invites Raspberry Pi challenge BBC News Two Raspberry Pi computers are planned to be flown to the International Space Station (ISS), and both will be connected to a new “Astro Pi” board, loaded with sensors and gadgets. Tim Peake spoke to Rory Cellan-Jones about the challenge.

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Brazilian techies to wait longer for local Raspberry Pi – ZDNet (blog)

Brazilian techies to wait longer for local Raspberry Pi ZDNet (blog) The Raspberry Foundation has denied rumours that the low-cost computers could be manufactured in Brazil in the next few months.

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