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Friday 30 June 2017

Issue #210 - MacRobert

Hello everyone!

We were thrilled to learn yesterday that Raspberry Pi had won the UK’s top prize for engineering innovation, the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award. This isn’t something we could ever have imagined when we launched the first Raspberry Pi in 2012, and we are honoured and delighted.

Also this week, we launched the Raspberry Pi Integrator Programme to help companies bring new Pi-powered products to market more quickly. We explored the possibilities of new offline Scratch 2.0 on Raspberry Pi, and brought you issue #59 of The MagPi. The Raspberry Pi community has come up with lots of great new project guides, from an IoT grow-box to an ebook server via Adafruit’s particularly creepy animated eyes.

The MacRobert Award is given partly for impact on society, and much of the impact that Raspberry Pi has had is due to the extraordinary community of makers, tinkerers, learners and educators of which you are part. Thank you all for supporting us on the journey!

Helen

  • Raspberry Pi scores UK's top engineering award

    (bbc.co.uk) The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones on Raspberry Pi winning the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award
  • BBC Inside Science: Engineering Prize

    (bbc.co.uk) Hear Adam Rutherford interview Dr Dame Sue Ion about Raspberry Pi and our MacRobert Award co-finalists
  • The MagPi 59: The Raspberry Pi PC Challenge

    (raspberrypi.org) With great summer projects and money-can't-buy prizes
  • Scratch 2.0 on the Pi

    (raspberrypi.org) Go offline with Scratch 2.0 on the Raspberry Pi
  • Introducing the Raspberry Pi Integrator Programme

    (raspberrypi.org) Helping you get your product to market faster
  • Thonny on the Raspberry Pi

    (raspberrypi.org) IDLE gets a new neighbour on the Pi
  • Win with The MagPi

    (raspberrypi.org) Win a Raspberry Pi 3 and Eben-signed case
  • An Atari 2600 in a Cartridge

    (mrpjevans.com) "Why not? Why? Who cares."
  • Build a budget IoT Grow-box

    (blog.alexellis.io) Internet of Seeds
  • Get the news with RSS and GUI Zero

    (bigl.es) News 24/7
  • Raspberry Pi eBook server

    (opensource.com) ALL THE BOOKS!
  • Hidden SSID connection

    (raspi.tv) How to auto-connect your Raspberry Pi to a hidden SSID WiFi network
  • The Begging Dog

    (instructables.com) One person's unsettling is another's adorable, we guess
  • Sump Monitor and Alarm

    (hackster.io) Get notified of pump failures and power outages that could lead to a flooded bilge or basement
  • Bike Analyzer

    (instructables.com) Detect and display speed, ride time, and distance
  • Simple Kicker Status and Reservation System

    (instructables.com) Imagine walking for up to three minutes, only to find your office foosball table is busy! This system saves you the pain
  • Animated Snake Eyes Bonnet for Raspberry Pi

    (learn.adafruit.com) Adafruit Learning System guide, ideal for "anything where you want to add a pair of animated eyes"
  • The Code Club International movement

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Our latest video and news from Kat. We've clubs in 125 countries; will yours be the 126th?
  • AI’s big leap to tiny devices opens world of possibilities

    (blogs.microsoft.com)
    Training a computer vision system on a Pi 3 to spot marauding squirrels, for starters
  • Pi-powered hands-on statistical model at the Royal Society

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Physics undergrads' hands-on Pi-based model shows how stats help us understand the universe

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