Issue #194 - Five
Hello!
Last weekend, we celebrated Raspberry Pi and Code Club’s fifth birthday with code, cake, robots, art, explosions, music, quizzes, and rainbow unicorn face paint. If you couldn’t be there – or if you could, and you wish you still were – you can relive the fun by following the #PiParty hashtag on Twitter.
Colours and blinky lights are also much in evidence in this week’s projects, along with a range of other ideas, from whimsical to practical, for everyone from beginners to advanced makers.
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Until next week, be happy and beautifully illuminated by LEDs.
Helen
News
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We're hiring
(raspberrypi.workable.com) Code Club Regional Coordinator: London and East of England -
Raspberry Pi Foundation Annual Review 2016
(raspberrypi.org) How we're putting the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world -
Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend Facebook Live Tour
(facebook.com) Alex and Carrie Anne show you around
Projects
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Make: NeoPixel temperature stair lights
(lorrainbow.wordpress.com) Lorraine Underwood's stairs change colour as they warm up -
Headless Raspberry Pi Setup with Raspbian Jessie
(frederickvandenbosch.be) Frederick Vandenbosch's guide to getting going without a screen, keyboard or mouse -
Pi-powered Baby Busy Board
(raspberrypi.org) Just as noisy as VTech's, but more charming -
Kilauea Cove: Raspberry Pi-controlled Active Volcano!
(vixenlabs.com) Mark Boszko has been building a volcano in his basement -
Play Games, Post Videos and Share GIFs on This Giant LED Wall
(blog.hackster.io) "Most tech companies don’t create a giant interactive wall using 2,040 RGB LEDs." -
Baby, you're a (legal, indoor) firework
(raspberrypi.org) Lucy Rogers' digital firecrackers -
Raspberry Pi Zero Camera Holder
(thingiverse.com) Simple mount to hold a Pi Camera on a Pi Zero -
TV time machine
(raspberrypi.org) Nicely crafted retro aesthetics -
Build a Timelapse Rig
(blog.alexellis.io) Clear tutorial for a popular application -
Zero Ball
(winkleink.com) A Pi Zero W keeps score in this ball-in-the-cup game -
Pool Fill Control
(hackster.io) Automated pool monitoring and refilling -
Make a PIR speaker system
(raspberrypi.org) IoT smart lobby welcoming system
Articles
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Pi Wars – the Raspberry Pi robotics challenge competition
(piwars.org)
Spectator tickets now on sale -
International Women's Day: Girls at Code Club
(raspberrypi.org)
Girls make up 40% of kids at UK Code Clubs -
Most viewed item on eBay
(explore.ebay.com)
It's fair to say Pi Zero W was trending last week -
We were a Twitter Moment again
(twitter.com)
Everyone wanted to be at our party -
Scottish libraries launch Code Clubs for kids
(eveningtimes.co.uk)
We love librarians
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