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Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton: we need to create a generation of producers not … – Wired.co.uk

Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton: we need to create a generation of producers not … Wired.co.uk The west has created a generation of devices, such as smartphones and tablets, whose primary function is to allow people to consume content created by someone else, said Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton, speaking at Wired 2013. “The direction we've

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation aims to make a Pi for the internet of things – GigaOM

The Raspberry Pi Foundation aims to make a Pi for the internet of things GigaOM The creators of the $25 credit-card-sized microcomputer Raspberry Pi didn't intend to start a hacking revolution — they just wanted to encourage a new generation of young computer users to learn how to program. Eben Upton Raspberry Pi Foundation

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Wired 2013: Eben Upton on where we’d be without Rasberry Pi – Wired.co.uk

Wired 2013: Eben Upton on where we'd be without Rasberry Pi Wired.co.uk Lamenting the poor quality of British computer scientists, Eben Upton decided to create a computer that would get a generation of children excited about computing, just as the BBC Micro had done for him in the 80s. Within a year of releasing the …

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Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton Demos Wayland Support on the Pi – Linux.com (blog)

Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton Demos Wayland Support on the Pi Linux.com (blog) Raspberry Pi Foundation founder and executive director Eben Upton this week gave his promised demonstration of developer features coming soon to the Pi. Though they're still in the very early stages of testing, Upton displayed Weston running native

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Eben Upton, co-inventor of the Raspberry Pi – Deutsche Welle

Eben Upton, co-inventor of the Raspberry Pi Deutsche Welle The mini computer Raspberry Pi is designed to encourage amateur inventors – and it's worked on one and a half million users worldwide. It seems that the possibilities are endless: Electric door openers, coffee machines or prosthetic legs can be run by ..

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Interview: Eben Upton, inventor of the Raspberry Pi – Treehugger

Treehugger Interview: Eben Upton, inventor of the Raspberry Pi Treehugger Eben Upton and the Raspberry Pi won an INDEX Design to Improve Life award in Copenhagen; after the press conference I caught up with him to discuss his surprise at the success of the tiny cheap computer (he thought they might sell a thousand, and are

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Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton: Open Source Lessons from Wayland – Linux.com (blog)

Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton: Open Source Lessons from Wayland Linux.com (blog) In less than two years the Raspberry Pi has sold more than 1 million units and become widely used and adored among DIY hackers and embedded professionals alike. It began in 2006 as a modest idea to provide a low-cost educational computer for students

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Raspberry Pi, world’s cheapest computer, goes past 1.5 mln units sales – Digit

Digit Raspberry Pi , world's cheapest computer, goes past 1.5 mln units sales Digit “We're closing in on 1.5 million [sales] for something that we thought would sell a thousand,'' reveals Eben Upton, executive director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. ''We've sold many more to children than we expected to sell, but even more to adults … World's cheapest computer gets millions tinkering Inquirer.net The Worlds Cheapest Computer Cross Sales of 15 Million Siliconindia.com all 3 news articles

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Raspberry Pi man on British computer science shakeup: Microsoft is the good guy – TechRadar UK

Raspberry Pi man on British computer science shakeup: Microsoft is the good guy TechRadar UK Raspberry Pi 's campaign to breathe new life into computer science is well on track, but founder Eben Upton knows that a shake-up of the education system is the real key to a brighter future for Britain's tech industry. Harsh (but fair) words have been …

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IT teaching overhauls welcomed by industry including Raspberry Pi and Microsoft – V3.co.uk

IT teaching overhauls welcomed by industry including Raspberry Pi and Microsoft V3.co.uk The Raspberry Pi Foundation, which produces an ultra-cheap computer designed to open up computer programming to children and enthusiasts alike, has long pushed for a curriculum with a greater degree of practical development. Eben Upton, Rasperry

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