In today’s post, I’m going to share the tales of three Jams: how and why they got started.
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A tale of three Raspberry Jams
A tale of three Raspberry Jams
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Supporting and growing the Raspberry Jam community
For almost five years , Raspberry Jams have created opportunities to welcome new people to the Raspberry Pi community, as well as providing a support network for people of all ages in digital making. All around the world, like-minded people meet up to discuss and share their latest projects, give workshops, and chat about all things Pi.
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Supporting and growing the Raspberry Jam community
Pioneers events: what’s your jam?
We hope you’re as excited as we are about the launch of the second Pioneers challenge! While you form your teams and start thinking up ways to Make it Outdoors with tech, we’ve been thinking of different ways for you to come together to complete the challenge.
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Pioneers events: what’s your jam?
TV Time Machine
Back when home television sets were thin on the ground and programmes were monochrome, TV maintained a magical aura, a ‘how do they fit the people in that little box’ wonder which has been lost now that sets are common and almost everyone has their own video camera or recording device. Many older shows were filmed specifically to be watched in black and white, and, in much the same way that plugging your SNES into an HD monitor doesn’t quite look right, old classics just don’t look the same when viewed on the modern screen. 50’s televisions were so pretty.
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TV Time Machine
Announcing the first ever European Astro Pi Challenge!
Right now, 400km above the Earth aboard the International Space Station, are two very special pieces of hardware. Two Raspberry Pi computers are currently orbiting our planet, each equipped with a Sense HAT , a camera and a special aluminium flight case – and children all over Europe have the chance to program them.
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Announcing the first ever European Astro Pi Challenge!
Hi Fi Raspberry Pi – digitising and streaming vinyl
Over at Mozilla HQ (where Firefox, a browser that many of you are using to read this, is made), some retro hardware hacking has been going on. The Mozillans have worked their way through several office music services, but nothing, so far, has stuck. Then this home-made project, which started as a bit of a joke, landed on a countertop – and it’s stayed.
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Hi Fi Raspberry Pi – digitising and streaming vinyl
Build your own Raspberry Pi terrarium controller
Tom Bennet grows Nepenthes , tropical carnivorous plants that I know by the name of pitcher plants. To stay healthy they need a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment, and Tom ensures this by housing them in a terrarium controlled by a Raspberry Pi 3 and Energenie’s Pi-Mote starter kit , which provides an easy way to control mains electrical sockets from a Pi. He has written step-by-step instructions to help you build your own terrarium controller , the first such guide we’ve seen for this particular application.
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Build your own Raspberry Pi terrarium controller
Eben Upton Serves Up Two New Helpings Of Raspberry Pi At World Maker Faire New … – Tech Times
Tech Times Eben Upton Serves Up Two New Helpings Of Raspberry Pi At World Maker Faire New …
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Quaver, the analogue looping piano
Music hacks are my favourite hacks of all, and this one had me bounding around the office with the video below playing on my laptop so I could share it with people yesterday. Meet Quaver, the multiplayer piano. With a Raspberry Pi, some magnetic pickups, and the open-source Sooper Looper (which I am downloading as soon as I have finished writing this post), Mike and Sean from MajorMega hacked an old upright piano into an instrument that can loop up to four separate tracks, and then upload your results to the internet to be listened to when you get home
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Quaver, the analogue looping piano
Forumula AllCode – robotics course
Liz: Robotics is a really powerful way to get kids excited about programming and electronics, and a Kickstarter from Formula AllCode, with its integrated course, has all the elements you need to get a kid from zero to robot overlord. I asked Liam Walton from Matrix TSL, the people behind Formula AllCode, to write a few words for us about what they’re doing with the project. We think the Formula AllCode robotics course is great for makers to test their skills and capabilities; it’s also great for introducing learners to programming and robotics in a fun and motivating way. Raspberry Pi is one of the hosts you can use for this neat little robot from Matrix TSL, designed as part of a course in robotics that aims to cater for beginners and advanced users alike.
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Forumula AllCode – robotics course