GPIO Zero is a zero-boilerplate Python library that makes physical computing with Python more accessible and helps people progress from zero to hero . Today, I’m pleased to announce the release of GPIO Zero v1.5.0 . It’s packed full of updates, including new features, bug fixes, and lots of improvements to the documentation
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GPIO Zero v1.5 is here!
Coolest Projects, our world-leading technology fair for young people, takes place in seven countries this year: Ireland , the UK , USA , Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Milan in Italy. Volunteer-led Coolest Projects events Teams of marvellous volunteers organise and run the events in the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Milan! They are doing incredible work to give children in their regions the chance to present their tech creations and be celebrated for their skills and creativity. And we want to support you in our global community to do the same: organise your own regional Coolest Projects events, wherever you are, so that young people near you can showcase their work and be inspired by others’ inventions.
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Our ultimate guide to running your own Coolest Projects event
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so why not make this adorable voice message device for your beloved?
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Send audio messages to your loved ones
Parisa Khashayar is a high school freshman with a knack for coding. In September of 2018, Parisa had the chance to present her tech creation at Coolest Projects USA, and she made joint first place in the Hardware category . Since the sixth grade, Parisa has been teaching herself how to code; she has even taken classes during school holidays to further develop her learning.
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Firefighter monitoring system at Coolest Projects
There are many things I do not know about Argentina. Until today, one of them was this: if you’re in an Argentinian bank, you may not use electronic devices. That includes phones and e-readers like the Kindle (and I can’t be the only person here who is pretty much surgically attached to their Kindle)
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Literature dispenser
On Wednesday 17 October, CoderDojo held the sixth annual EUDojo in the European Parliament in Brussels. EUDojo 2018 Since last year’s event, CoderDojo has grown significantly: we have almost 500 new Dojos, and our network now spreads to over 100 countries! We organised this year’s EUDojo to coincided with the annual Europe Code Week — also in its sixth year
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Celebrating European Code Week with our annual EUDojo
Does your camera giggle and smile as it takes your photo? Does your camera spit out your image from a thermal printer? No
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SelfieBot: taking and printing photos with a smile
The friendly people at Argon40 , one of our Approved Resellers in Hong Kong, have an already-successful Kickstarter on the go for their Argon ONE Raspberry Pi case .
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Argon ONE: a super case for your Raspberry Pi
Hooray! We’re celebrating our third season leading educator training in North America. That’s 20 Picademy workshops in 11 cities with 791 happy teachers graduating as Raspberry Pi Certified Educators. This summer was particularly rich with successes, challenges, and lessons learned — let’s take a closer look: Andrew Collins on Twitter That’s a wrap on #Picademy North America 2018! We welcomed over 300 educators in Denver, Jersey City, Atlanta and Seattle to the @Raspberry_Pi community.
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Picademy North America 2018: That’s a Wrap!
You wouldn’t download a car…but is that just because none of us know how to? And OF COURSE none of us know how to: it’s a really hard thing to do! Dramatic reenactment using a Mini because, c’mon, as if I can afford a Tesla! Nikola Tesla was in love with a pigeon True story .
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You wouldn’t download a car…