Spring has sprung, and with it, sleepy-eyed wildlife is beginning to roam our gardens and local woodlands. So why not follow hackster.io maker reichley’s tutorial and build your own solar-powered squirrelhouse nature cam
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Build a solar-powered nature camera for your garden
Raspberry Pi -specific power supplies at element14 Electronics EETimes (registration) element14 announced exclusive global availability of BitScope Designs' new range of BitScope Blades designed to power and mount multiple Raspberry Pi's . Every Blade can be used with simple plug packs, 12V batteries, solar power systems, low cost …
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Back in July we wrote about an exciting project aiming to make computing accessible to school students in South Africa, where most schools have no computers at all and many lack electricity. Solar Powered Learning was raising funds for a Raspberry Pi computer lab at a secondary school in Johannesburg, with the aim of creating a facility that can be reproduced all over South Africa, and powered by solar energy where mains electricity isn’t available. Their Indiegogo campaign was successful; we donated a classroom set of Pis and accessories, and project manager Taskeen Adam and fellow organisers set about coordinating volunteers to sand, drill, paint, lay cables, build desks and fit curtains
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A Raspberry Pi computer lab for learners in South Africa
I heard about plans for a new Indiegogo fundraiser last week.
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Solar-powered Raspberry Pi school
Build A Solar-Powered Raspberry Pi Lifehacker Australia Raspberry Pi can do a lot of neat things, and the server this Hacker News user built is just one of many. It runs entirely on solar power, and it comes with instructions on how you can too. The neat part is that this device is being run entirely on a …
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