Friday 6 May 2016

Issue #151 - Baltimore

Hello all,

Last weekend we held our second Picademy event in the USA at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. A few days later, we announced that our next USA Picademy will take place in Baltimore in August, coming to the east coast for the first time. Applications for places are open now.

RealVNC have released an alpha (testing) version of VNC for Raspberry Pi that lets you remotely view and control everything on your Pi from a different computer, including Minecraft. They have asked for feedback to help them improve it, so give it a go and tell them how you find it!

Helen

News

Apply now for Picademy in Baltimore
(raspberrypi.org) Our free training for educators comes to the USA's east coast
New VNC for Raspberry Pi remotes everything on every Pi
(github.com) Help test an alpha version of VNC that lets you play Minecraft on your Pi remotely
The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time
(time.com) We make TIME magazine's top 50
Principia schools conferences
(raspberrypi.org) The UK Space Agency is holding events for students to show work linked to Tim Peake's mission

Projects

A Raspberry Pi + IKEA arcade table to make yourself
(raspberrypi.org) Lovely retrogaming IKEA hack with full instructions
Raspberry Pi DOSBox
(pimylifeup.com) Play classic DOS games on the Pi
Play audio on a Bluetooth speaker with Raspberry Pi 3
(raspberrypi.org) All the basics of how to get your Pi 3 Bluetooth up and running, and how to connect a speaker
Staff details display
(timscreen.com) Make an easily updateable digital display like this one from a clinic
R2D2 sweet hack
(github.com) May the Fourth was this week; borrow ideas and code from TeCoEd's students' Star Wars hack
Raspberry Pi digital spirit level
(ozzmaker.com) Create a digital spirit level with a Pi, BerryIMU, PyScreen and Python
Heart pulse sensor
(hackster.io) Make your own health monitoring system

Articles

Robotic soccer for the classroom
(dexterindustries.com)
Experiences with the GoPiGo robot in an elementary school classroom
Pi-Powered “Wizard Wall” Dissects and Projects Your Face
(makezine.com)
Wizard of Oz-inspired build uses 5 Pis + cameras to stream pieces of your face to 5 TVs
A little light reading
(philipcolligan.com)
A Raspberry Pi Foundation reading list from CEO Philip Colligan
Pocket FM: independent radio in Syria
(raspberrypi.org)
Discreet Raspberry Pi transmitters bring independent radio to Syria
All-Terrain ROBOTSA Remote Controlled Metal Detector Robot
(intorobotics.com)
Remote-controlled robot with metal detector, pan & tilt camera, GPS, compass module
eIDShepherd: sheep tagger
(raspberrypi.org)
In a muddy field in England, a former hospital doctor tags sheep with an RFID-hacked Pi
Comparing the old and new Raspberry Pi camera
(pi3dscan.com)
Informative side-by-side comparison of images from the old and new Pi camera
RasPi Imager
(play.google.com)
Use your phone to prepare bootable SD cards for your Pi - no PC required
AiPet
(medium.com)
GoPiGo robot + Alexa Voice API + Clarifai + Google Vision API = talking robot pet
60 core Raspberry Pi cluster in a toolbox
(youtube.com)
Portable supercomputer draws about 45W under full load
The Pi Zero Simpsons Shuffler
(stephencoyle.net)
Press the yellow button, get a random Simpsons episode