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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

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