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Saturday 8 October 2016

Issue #173 - Challenge

Proxima

Hi there,

The Raspberry Pi community has been the hot topic of the week, with social media buzzing over the hashtag #PiCommunity, celebrating the people and projects that have helped to shape the journey of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

In other exciting news, this week saw the launch of the new Astro Pi Challenge, allowing all school children across Europe the chance to send their code into space with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

We’ve also seen announcements from Amazon, Hackaday, and The PiOT Challenge, along with some awesome builds for you to try yourself.

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

Peace,

Alex

  • Astro Pi European Challenge

    (raspberrypi.org) Students across Europe are invited to enter
  • Alexa Voice Service Goes Hands-free

    (developer.amazon.com) No more need for the button
  • Win with PiOT and Become Maker-Famous

    (piot.io) Have your project featured in The MagPi Magazine
  • Hackaday Enlightened Raspberry Pi Contest

    (hackaday.io) Win big for your builds with Hackaday
  • Infrared Mouse Camera

    (raspberrypi.org) The curious incident of the mouse in the nighttime
  • Pi Zero Binary Clock

    (frederickvandenbosch.be) Simple and beautiful design
  • Lawn Da Vinci

    (kcproto.com) Remote-controlled lawn mowing
  • Touchscreen Advent Calendar

    (home.uktechreviews.com) It's never too early to get festive
  • Slashdot Interview with Eben Upton

    (hardware.slashdot.org)
    Eben answers your questions
  • element14 Pi IoT Smarter Spaces Design Challenge

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Roger Thornton reveals the winners of this year's challenge
  • Bloomberg Business’s Hello World Visits Cambridge

    (raspberrypi.org)
    Ashlee Vance visits the city
  • Which Raspberry Pi Should You Choose

    (opensource.com)
    Ben Nuttall explores your options

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