Friday 29 April 2016

Issue #150 - Camera

Hello and welcome to Issue #150!

This newsletter comes to you from Mountain View, California where I’m at Picademy USA with James, Matt and Courtney. We just opened applications for the next training which takes place in Baltimore in August.

In case you missed it, we released a new camera module this week – the V2 is a drop-in replacement for the original one, and packs a new Sony sensor. It’s 8-megapixels in resolution and comes with some impressive performance enhancements. Of course there are visible light and infra-red alternatives available.

See you next week!

Ben

News

New 8-megapixel camera board
(raspberrypi.org) The V2 camera modules are available now for $25
The MagPi Issue 45
(raspberrypi.org) The new MagPi covers the new camera module, neopixels, games and more
CAS #include Diversity Conference
(casinclude.org.uk) Announcing the CAS #include Diversity & Inclusion in Computing Education Conference 2016
Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS
(ubuntu-mate.org) The latest long term support release of Ubuntu brings a new stable release to Raspberry Pi
Chromium OS
(chromiumosforsbc.org) Chromium OS for Raspberry Pi officially released

Projects

Pymon
(makerspace-uk.co.uk) A Simon clone for the Raspberry Pi
RoboSpatium
(homofaciens.de) Control a robot to view a museum from your web browser
Web controlled robot with video stream
(jamespoole.me) Drive your own robot from a web browser using a Flask web app
Analyse the Astro Pi space data in your web browser
(blog.initialstate.com) Visualise data from space with Initial State
Video Streaming Baby Monitor
(element14.com) Use the new Pi NoIR to create a baby monitor
Terminator Wall-e
(hackaday.io) A moving, talking, face recognising Wall-e Pi robot

Articles

PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition 2016
(raspberrypi.org)
Clive rounds up this year's excellent Raspberry Pi competition
Raspberry Pi telehealth kit piloted in NHS
(raspberrypi.org)
A Pi-powered device for heart patients to use at home to measure health statistics
Raspberry Pi gets an 8-megapixel Sony camera upgrade
(engadget.com)
engadget on the new camera module
Top result for rugby robot creators
(johnogroat-journal.co.uk)
Students create robot to live stream video for rugby matches
New and old Raspberry Pi Camera comparison shots
(raspi.tv)
Alex Eames compares the old cameras with the new
Experimenting with the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT
(opensource.com)
Get started with the Sense HAT with some mini experiments
Chromium OS for Raspberry Pi 3 officially released
(techworm.net)
Here's everything you should know about Chromium on the Pi
Study the skies with a Raspberry Pi telescope display
(makezine.com)
3D printed display enclosure for a Pi-powered telescope controller
Laarco
(laarco.com)
A Pi-powered machine that produces artwork using nails and thread