Friday 22 April 2016

Issue #149 - Robonaut

Thanks to Helen for taking on Raspberry Pi Weekly last week.

Tomorrow it’s the Creative Technologists’ New Works exhibition at Pi Towers. Next week we’ll share some photos and details of their projects.

Be sure to check out the photos from the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition.

Ben

News

The animated adventures of Izzy and Ed
(raspberrypi.org) New animation for the Astro Pi mission
FUZEBOX
(kickstarter.com) Educational electronics kit from FUZE

Eye-Pi IR camera
(raspberrypi.org) A portable Pi IR camera
The Minecraft Bedrock Challenge
(raspberrypi.org) Can you navigate your way through an invisible Minecraft arena?
Add Push Notifications to MotionEyeOS
(raspberrypi.org) MotionEyeOS is perfect for using your Pi as a CCTV camera
Automatic book scanner for Ethiopia
(hackaday.io) A book scanner to be used in Ethiopian universities
Nintendo DS sized pocket computer
(imgur.com) The tiniest laptop you've ever seen
ScottTV
(hackaday.io) A simple media player for an autistic child
Bypass Your Monitor with a Headless Raspberry Pi Interface
(makezine.com) Using a keypad and LCD screen as an interactive display
PI Buddy
(arm-tutorials.com) Twitter based home automation
Wall Mounted Calendar and Notification Center
(instructables.com) Neat Pi-powered wall mounted information display
Control a Door Lock from a Smartwatch
(hackster.io) A Pebble client for the Open Sesame System

European Maker Week
(raspberrypi.org)
A week of maker events in 28 countries - and ways to get involved
Scratch performance - feel the speed!
(raspberrypi.org)
Demo of Scratch running twice as fast on a Pi as on a Macbook i5
Raspberry Pi, Preserving Digital Heritage
(raspberrypi.org)
Archiving and playing old games in a museum environment
What's new in GPIO Zero v1.2?
(bennuttall.com)
GPIO Zero v1.2 added Energenie, line sensor, ultrasonic distance sensor and more
Keyes 34-Piece Sensor Experiment Kit review
(raspberrypi.org)
The MagPi review this 34-piece electronics kit
PA Consulting’s Raspberry Pi coding competition
(electronicsweekly.com)
Pictures from the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition

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