InformationWeek 10 Raspberry Pi Projects For Learning IoT InformationWeek One of the key learning platforms for IoT is the Raspberry Pi . The RasPi is a popular platform because it offers a complete Linux server in a tiny platform for a very low cost. In fact, one of the most difficult parts of using Raspberry Pi for learning …
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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
Next stop on the great Raspberry Pi Education Team Tour of Great Britain is the South West of England ! That’s right: we’re taking Picademy , the offical Raspberry Pi Professional Development for course for Teachers, on the road again, thanks to our friends at Exeter Library in Devon! I’m already packing my bucket, spade and kiss-me-quick hat. As always, Picademy is completely free to attend .
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Picademy South West
Helen: We’re pleased to welcome back to the blog a regular guest, high-altitude balloonist Dave Akerman . You’ll have gathered that a noteworthy astronomical event is to take place across northern Europe on Friday, and as you’d expect, Dave has plans. We’ll let him tell you all about them.
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Observing a solar eclipse with high-altitude Pis
Once again the Raspberry Pi Foundation Education Team is taking Picademy , the official Raspberry Pi professional development course for teachers, on the road. This time to the North , thanks to our friends at the National STEM Centre in York! The National STEM Centre houses the UK’s largest collection of STEM teaching and learning resources, and high-quality subject specific CPD, in order to provide teachers of STEM subjects with the ability to access a wide range of high-quality support materials. We work with business, industry, charitable organisations, professional bodies and others with an interest in STEM education to facilitate closer collaboration and more effective support for schools and colleges, and promotion of STEM careers awareness.
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Picademy North at the National STEM Centre
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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Businessweek Kids Are Learning to Code With a Slice of Raspberry Pi Businessweek Raspberry Pi is a credit card-size computer that can function like a basic PC when plugged into a monitor and keyboard. It can record videos and power drones, but developer Eben Upton says his goal was to teach basic programming skills to students as
Businessweek (blog) Kids Are Learning to Code With a Slice of Raspberry Pi Businessweek (blog) Raspberry Pi is a credit card-size computer that can function like a basic PC when plugged into a monitor and keyboard. It can record videos and power drones, but developer Eben Upton says his goal was to teach basic programming skills to students as
Liz: If you use Raspbian, you’ll have noticed that Mathematica and the Wolfram Language come bundled for free with your Raspberry Pi. (A little boast here: we were only the second computer ever on which Mathematica has been included for free use as standard
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Mathematica 10 – now available for your Pi!
On this day 100 years ago, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
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100 years since World War I: build a Morse code virtual radio