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Coding is for girls

Less than four years ago, Magda Jadach was convinced that programming wasn’t for girls. On International Women’s Day, she tells us how she discovered that it definitely is, and how she embarked on the new career that has brought her to Raspberry Pi as a software developer. “Coding is for boys”, “in order to be a developer you have to be some kind of super-human”, and “it’s too late to learn how to code” – none of these three things is true, and I am going to prove that to you in this post

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Open source turns 20: How Linux, Raspberry Pi, Chromium and more are influencing PCs – IDG Connect (blog)

IDG Connect (blog) Open source turns 20: How Linux, Raspberry Pi , Chromium and more are influencing PCs IDG Connect (blog) Open-source software runs something in your life even if you don't realize it. Raspberry Pi fans take advantage of open-source software.

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Raspberry Pi gift guide: The best choices for Christmas 2017 – TechRepublic

TechRepublic Raspberry Pi gift guide: The best choices for Christmas 2017 TechRepublic More than 15 million Raspberry Pi computers have been sold, so there's a good chance you know someone who owns a Pi or two. If you're stuck deciding which Christmas gifts to buy for the Pi lover in your life, then check out our selection of the finest …

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Raspberry Pi-Powered Sensor Scans Your Ankles To Predict Potential Cardiac Events – Hot Hardware

Hot Hardware Raspberry Pi -Powered Sensor Scans Your Ankles To Predict Potential Cardiac Events Hot Hardware While out covering ARM TechCon, which is currently underway in Santa Clara, we got a glimpse of a device being built by Heartfelt Technologies leveraging ARM processors by way of the popular Raspberry Pi , that could actually end up saving your life.

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Moonhack 2017: a new world record!

With the incredible success of this year’s Moonhack under their belt, here’s Code Club Australia ‘s Kelly Tagalan with a lowdown on the event, and why challenges such as these are so important. On 15 August 2017, Code Clubs around the globe set a world record for the most kids coding in a day! From Madrid to Manila and from Sydney to Seoul, kids in Code Clubs, homes, and community centres around the world used code in order to ‘hack the moon’. Moonhack 2017 Recap: WORLDWIDE CODING We set a world record of the most kids coding at the same time not only across Australia….but across the WORLD! Watch our recap of our day hackathon of kids coding across the globe.

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Hunting for life on Mars assisted by high-altitude balloons

Will bacteria-laden high-altitude balloons help us find life on Mars? Today’s eclipse should bring us closer to an answer. image c/o NASA / Ames Research Center / Tristan Caro The Eclipse Ballooning Project Having learned of the Eclipse Ballooning Project set to take place today across the USA, a team at NASA couldn’t miss the opportunity to harness the high-flying project for their own experiments.

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Updates to GPIO Zero, the physical computing API

GPIO Zero v1.4 is out now! It comes with a set of new features, including a handy pinout command line tool. To start using this newest version of the API, update your Raspbian OS now: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade Some of the things we’ve added will make it easier for you try your hand on different programming styles. In doing so you’ll build your coding skills, and will improve as a programmer

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Break a world record with Moonhack 2017

The team at Code Club Australia set a world record last year by gathering 10,207 Australian kids together to participate in their coding event Moonhack . But they are not going to rest on their laurels: this year, they’ve set their sights even higher with their event on 15 August . What is Moonhack

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How to install Raspberry Pi’s Raspbian OS on a PC – TechRepublic

TechRepublic How to install Raspberry Pi's Raspbian OS on a PC TechRepublic Those who want to try Raspbian but don't have a Raspberry Pi can now install the OS on a typical PC, any computer with an x86 processor. Even if you've limited interest in the Pi, Raspbian could breathe life into an ancient laptop, with the system ..

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