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Raspberry Pi Weekly
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Friday 18 November 2016

Issue #179 - Bacteria

Micro-ritmos

Hello there!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Raspberry Pi Weekly. It’s packed with interesting news such as the recent Pi integration with the Particle Cloud, fun projects including a gesture-controlled music player and Raspberry Pi astrophotography, and fascinating articles including an installation that uses a Pi to generate music from bacterial activity as well as lots from our daily blog!

And if that’s not enough, our good friend ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is currently on his way to our Astro Pi units aboard the International Space Station. You can watch his spacecraft dock around 10pm GMT on Saturday.

We’re also using the hashtag #MakeYourIdeas across social media in order to highlight wonderful tech projects from young makers across the globe. If you know of awesome projects worthy of worldwide attention, join in!

Have a great week and we’ll see you next Friday.

Peace.

Alex

News

  • Raspberry Pi Security Camera

    (docs.particle.io) Raspberry Pi integration with the Particle Cloud
  • Micro-ritmos: Bacteria Beethoven

    (cdm.link) Making music with bacteria
  • Cotswold Jam Christmas Buyers' Guide

    (cotswoldjam.org) What to buy for the Pi
  • WD PiDrive Foundation Edition

    (wdc.com) Western Digital release new PiDrive
  • SwitchThat Free beta for Pi

    (switch-that.com) Free download for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts through their website (scroll to the bottom)

Projects

  • Raspberry Pi Astrophotography

    (raspberrypi.org) Super supermoon photography
  • Speech & Gesture Controlled Music System

    (instructables.com) New ways to play
  • get_iplayer on Raspberry Pi

    (raspi.tv) Updated process from RasPi.TV
  • Pi-Light

    (jamespoole.me) The Raspberry Pi-powered smart light

Articles

  • Making Life Changes

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Going from hobbyist to career maker
  • Physical Therapy with a Pressure-Sensing Football

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Amelia Day helps rebuild neural networks
  • The Raspberry Pi-powered Loom

    (raspberrypi.org)
    An assisted loom powered by Raspberry Pi
  • Raspberry Pi in Medicine

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Revolutionising medicine and health with Pi-powered products

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