Friday 8 April 2016

Issue #147 - Etch

Hi all

The MagPi Essentials books are now all available on Amazon, along with the bumper Raspberry Pi Projects book.

This weekend is your last chance to apply for tickets for the Creative Technologists New Works exhibition. Tickets will be assigned on Monday.

See below for some great projects.

Ben

News

Essentials books now on Amazon
(raspberrypi.org) Get The MagPi Essentials series in 26 countries via Amazon
Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Exhibition 2016
(raspberrypi.org) Your last chance to apply for tickets for the exhibition in Cambridge
Etcher
(etcher.io) New tool to burn images to SD cards & USB drives from Resin
Ubuntu MATE 16.04 for Raspberry Pi 3
(news.softpedia.com) The second beta of Ubuntu MATE for Raspberry Pi adds WiFi and Bluetooth support

Turtley Amazing
(raspberrypi.org) Interactive Python tutorial for beginners
Physical Computing with Python
(raspberrypi.org) Series of physical computing activities using GPIO Zero
Build a smart doorbell with Windows 10
(raspberrypi.org) Use Windows 10 and Visual Studio to build a doorbell that takes your visitor's picture
Shooting the Moon with the Raspberry Pi!
(raspberryjamberlin.de) James Mitchell on photographing the moon
picoReflow
(github.com) Turn a Raspberry Pi into a web enabled reflow oven controller
Raspberry Pi Security System
(github.com) A motion triggered security camera with PushBullet notifications
Flotilla and Python
(home.uktechreviews.com) Building a light meter with Flotilla using Python
Speech Recognition Animal Game
(hackster.io) Shout out an animal name, and it appears on the screen
Getting ready for take off with Astro Pi
(makerspace-uk.co.uk) Les Pounder kits out an Astro Pi flight case
Car Speed Detector
(gregtinkers.wordpress.com) Catch speedy drivers in your neighbourhood
Hand Gestures Drive Car
(hackaday.com) Driving a remote controlled car with hand signals

Hacking an 8mm Camera
(raspberrypi.org)
Blending analog and digital technology
Cosmic Pi
(raspberrypi.org)
A Raspberry Pi cosmic ray detector from CERN
4Borg robot review
(raspberrypi.org)
An affordable robot kit from the robotic masters at PiBorg
Picademy: Free professional development for teachers from the Raspberry Pi Foundation
(opensource.com)
A summary of Raspberry Pi's hands-on teacher training
GameBoy Zero
(wired.co.uk)
This 'GameBoy Zero' runs on a Raspberry Pi
The New Velocity
(creativeapplications.net)
Using openFrameworks n a Pi 3 to generate a map of an undiscovered island
Raspberry Pi CPU Temperature
(stuffaboutcode.com)
Python code to read the Pi's CPU temperature

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