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Sunday 5 February 2017

Issue #189 - Robocod

Hi everyone!

Have you told your favourite educator about Hello World yet? Our new magazine about computing and digital making is for everyone who helps people to learn, including librarians, Code Club and Raspberry Jam volunteers, Scout leaders and classroom assistants, as well as teachers. It’s free online for everyone, forever, and practising educators in the UK can subscribe to have a print copy delivered to their home.

Meanwhile, someone has built a goldfish tank that the fish can drive, and someone else has used a Pi to adapt a toaster so it takes orders via Twitter. And some scoundrels have made fake cases that look like our own, only theirs don’t help fund computing education; our blog post will help you check what you’re buying is the real deal.

We hope you’re all having a fab weekend. See you next week!

Helen

  • Raspberry Pi CEO: ‘Barriers to computer science education are falling’

    (siliconrepublic.com) Silicon Republic interviews Raspberry Pi Foundation CEO Philip Colligan
  • Fake cases - make sure you don't end up with one

    (raspberrypi.org) Check what you're buying is the real deal
  • Hacker House smartphone-connected door lock

    (raspberrypi.org) Unlock a door via a smartphone app
  • Raspberry Pi Thumb Harp

    (instructables.com) Build a battery-powered instrument with this tutorial in English and French
  • Robocod

    (raspberrypi.org) Questionable practices in aquaculture
  • Sudo Make Some Toast

    (hackster.io) Order toast from your Pi via Twitter
  • Raspberry Pi Appliance Monitor

    (github.com) Get tweets from your dishwasher, with a Pi and a vibration sensor
  • Bringing digital making to the Bett Show 2017

    (raspberrypi.org)
    See what we shared with educators from around the world
  • Raspberry Pi Camera Comparison

    (semifluid.com)
    Steven A. Cholewiak has made an excellent clear comparison of various options
  • Electronic nose to detect fruit ripening

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Monitoring the harvest-readiness of urban fruit
  • Theremin Museum Exhibit

    (raspihub.com)
    A BitScope, a Blade Uno and a Pi let visitors play, listen, and see their sounds visualised
  • Twitter Bot Will Send The View From Twin Peaks When You @ It

    (sfist.com)
    Nice implementation of a classic project

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