Cambridge time expert fears sundials are ‘old hat’ BBC News A self-confessed “time enthusiast” says getting young people to love sundials is an “uphill struggle”.
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Student Raspberry Pi challenge focuses on transport solutions E&T Magazine Now in its seventh year, the annual PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition is open to teams of young people who have used their ingenuity to invent something for the credit card-sized device. The theme of travel and transport opens the door to entries …
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CNBC A $5 computer is helping to create the coders of the future CNBC “The original mission of Raspberry PI was to create a device that would help young people learn how to program,” Philip Colligan, the foundation's CEO, told CNBC in an interview broadcast this week. “But what we've actually done is created a computer …
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The Verge Meet Fribo, a robot built for lonely young people The Verge These are relatively minor downsides, though, and given Fribo's cheap construction (it's powered by a Raspberry Pi and has only a simple screen and basic sensors inside), it could easily be adapted if it ever came to market.
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Every day of the week, we verify new Dojos all around the world, and each Dojo is championed by passionate volunteers. Last week, a huge milestone for the CoderDojo community went by relatively unnoticed: in the history of the movement, more than 2000 Dojos have now been verified! 2000 Dojos This is a phenomenal achievement for a movement that’s just six years old and powered by volunteers. Presently, there are more than 1650 active Dojos running weekly, fortnightly, or monthly, and all of them are free for participants — for example, the Dojos run by Joel Bayubasire in Kampala, Uganda: Empowering refugee children This week, Joel set up his second Dojo and verified it on our global map.
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IEEE Spectrum Opinion: Raspberry Pi Merger With CoderDojo Isn't All It Seems IEEE Spectrum This past Friday, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the CoderDojo Foundation became one.
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BetaNews FriendlyElec releases Ubuntu Linux-ready NanoPi M1 Plus — a $30 Raspberry Pi killer BetaNews The Raspberry Pi line of mini computers — including the all-new Pi Zero W — are wonderful devices for what they are. Quite frankly, they have inspired many young people to learn about programming, while helping makers to create some really cool projects.
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Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists' New Works Exhibition April 23rd 2016 Geeky Gadgets It was nearly a year ago that the Raspberry Pi Foundation first launched the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists programme, back in April 2015. That enabled nine young people to embark on a 12 month journey of field trips, mentoring sessions and video …
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