The Raspberry Pi computer was inspired by the machines of the 80s, which were used interchangeably for programming and gaming. In fact, many of you will remember typing in the pages of code from a magazine to make a game
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Raspberry Pi, Preserving Digital Heritage
A large part of the Raspberry Pi community identify as makers . We all love to make things – from robots to yarn to pottery to art – and share our creations with others. European Maker Week is a celebration of this rapidly growing community, and it takes place between 30 May and 5 June in 28 countries.
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European Maker Week
We see a lot of Raspberry Pis being used as security cameras – check out this fine example that we blogged back in 2013 – they’re a cheap and effective solution for people who want to deter burglars and vandals.
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Weather, security and temperature cam
Mad Fer It in Manchester It’s been a while since we blogged on all things Picademy, so here’s a quick update… For the uninitiated, Picademy is our free, two-day CPD event series for educators who want to use the Raspberry Pi for projects in the classroom.
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Picademy: New dates announced!
A group of people from CERN is using their spare time to build Cosmic Pi , a cosmic ray detector based on a Raspberry Pi.
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A Raspberry Pi cosmic ray detector from folk at CERN
What if you used a Raspberry Pi and a Camera Module to breathe new life into an old 8mm film camera? That was the question on Claire Wright’s mind when she and her father set to work on modernizing an old motion picture camera that they found at a garage sale five years earlier.
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Hacking an 8mm Camera
Liz: Today we’ve got a guest post from the terrifyingly hirsute Pete Stevens. Pete’s from Mythic Beasts , our web hosts; and he’s the reason this website stands up to the absurd amounts of traffic you throw at it
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The little computer that could
Another month – so that means another issue of the official Raspberry Pi magazine! We’ve got a whole host of treats in store for you in our April 2016 edition including your chance to win one of three U:Create Astro Pi kits worth £100/$145. Click the pic to be whisked into a world of Raspberry Pi ideas and inspiration The theme for this issue (and wonderfully realised by Raspberry Pi’s resident illustrator-extraordinaire Sam Alder) is ways to improve and automate your life with Raspberry Pi.
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Power up your life with issue #44 of The MagPi
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