Quartz This $70 robot that mimics a sea-turtle may eventually reach Mars Quartz Researchers at University of Arizona have created a modular robot made of cardboard and a Raspberry Pi Zero (a simple computer) for around $70. The form and movement of this little machine is made to mimic a sea turtle, and the cardboard fins can be … and more »
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This $70 robot that mimics a sea-turtle may eventually reach Mars – Quartz
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the 2017 ISTE Conference & Expo , which saw over 20,000 educators convene in San Antonio earlier this summer. As a new Raspberry Pi Foundation team member , I was thrilled to meet the many Raspberry Pi Certified Educators (RCEs) in attendance. They came from across the country to share their knowledge, skills, and advice with fellow educators interested in technology and digital making
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Raspberry Pi Certified Educators shine at ISTE 2017
Continuing the coverage of our new Code Club videos on YouTube, here’s our second #CharityTuesday blog post. To offer a little more information on the themes of each video, we’ll be releasing #CharityTuesday blog posts for each of our new Code Club videos. This time, we are covering the amazing success of Code Clubs in Scotland
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#CharityTuesday: Code Club in Scotland
In case you missed it: in yesterday’s post , we released our Raspberry Jam Guidebook, a new Jam branding pack and some more resources to help people set up their own Raspberry Pi community events.
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Raspberry Jam round-up: April
Walk around the commons of Cambridge and you’re bound to see one or more of the Cambridge University Quidditch Club players mounted upon sticks with a makeshift quaffle. But try as they might, their broomsticks will never send them soaring through the air
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Harry Potter and the Real-Life Wizard Duel
Geek Physics Professor Celebrates Pi Day With Raspberry Pi Geek We've come a long way from construction paper and tape: Rhett Allain, associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, made “an artistic expression of pi” using his Raspberry Pi computer.
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Physics Professor Celebrates Pi Day With Raspberry Pi – Geek
ZDNet Why Raspberry Pi is the future of computing devices ZDNet Launched by University of Cambridge computer scientists in 2011 as a $35 board for DIY projects, the Raspberry Pi erupted into a global phenomenon that has sold over 12 million units. Originally, the Cambridge team didn't expect to sell more that a 1,000
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Why Raspberry Pi is the future of computing devices – ZDNet
This column is from The MagPi issue 51 . You can download a PDF of the full issue for free, or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet. All proceeds from the print and digital editions help the Raspberry Pi Foundation achieve its charitable goals
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Community Profile: Matt Reed
Fishbowl existence is tough. There you are, bobbing up and down in the same dull old environment, day in, day out; your view unchanging, your breakfast boringly identical every morning; that clam thing in the bottom of the tank opening and closing monotonously – goldfish can live for up to 20 years. That’s a hell of a long time to watch a clam thing for.
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Robocod
University Of York 2016 Raspberry Pi Challenge Event (video) Geeky Gadgets Students based in the UK looking to learn more about computer programming, maybe interested in an annual Raspberry Pi Challenge which is held by the University of York. The Raspberry Pi Challenge has been created to provide an introduction for future ..
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University Of York 2016 Raspberry Pi Challenge Event (video) – Geeky Gadgets