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Raspberry Pi Weekly
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Friday 22 September 2017

Issue #222 - Save

Pioneers logo for the Only you can save us challenge

Happy Friday, everyone!

It’s been an excellent week here at Raspberry Pi! We’ve launched our new season of Pioneers, challenging young digital makers to team up and create something to save humankind during an epic calamity.

Moreover, we’ll be sending a new payload to the International Space Station to upgrade our Astro Pis and make the next Astro Pi competition even more exciting.

Our newest YouTube video was gifted to us by Estefannie Explains It All, who built a laser-secured cookie jar using our free learning resources. Needless to say, we love everything about it!

We have also assembled a panoply of Raspberry Pi-related projects and articles for you. So whether you feel like making something cool, or more like putting up your feet for some reading instead, you’ll find what you need below.

Enjoy, and have a great week!

All the best,

Janina

  • Pioneers: only you can save us

    (raspberrypi.org) ...incoming message...
  • Astro Pi upgrades on the International Space Station

    (raspberrypi.org) We're sending more stuff to the ISS
  • Our MIT Solve application was successful!

    (twitter.com) One step closer to a volunteer translator platform
  • The Raspberry Pi Foundation at the Scottish Learning Festival

    (twitter.com) Connecting with educators
  • Attending Maker Faire New York

    (twitter.com) Who wants to meet Alex and Brian at MFNY?
  • We are hiring

    (raspberrypi.workable.com) Join us in Cambridge or San Francisco
  • Laser Cookies: a YouTube collaboration

    (raspberrypi.org) WE WANT COOKIES!
  • FRED-209 Nerf gun tank

    (raspberrypi.org) Much cuter than ED-209
  • Serverless Raspberry Pi cluster

    (blog.alexellis.io) Brought to you by Alex Ellis
  • Haunted portrait

    (learn.adafruit.com) Only a few weeks until Halloween...
  • DIY object recognition

    (boneskull.com) With a Pi Zero W, Node.js, and Watson Visual Recognition
  • Smart Security Camera

    (hackster.io) Alerts via Gmail SMTP server
  • Tiny self-driving car with a Pi Zero

    (hackaday.io) Itty bitty!
  • Raspberry Pi in a VHS cassette

    (imgur.com) Because you definitely still have one lying around somewhere
  • Dialekt-o-maten vending machine

    (raspberrypi.org) Coca Cola Sweden let people pay for their beverages with regional dialects
  • Microsoft IoT Virtual Bootcamp: A Brief Journey from Device to Action

    (twitter.com)
    Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton and others help you create enterprise-grade IoT solutions
  • Interview with Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd.

    (thepi.io)
    The Pi gets the lowdown from our co-founder
  • South Africa's first Raspberry Jam interviews Eben

    (twitter.com)
    Video call with guest appearance by Aphra
  • Buy Championship Ashe and raise money for charity

    (twitter.com)
    Purchase this League of Legends skin to donate to us!
  • Facebook Q&A about our FutureLearn courses

    (facebook.com)
    Laura and James answered all your questions
  • Astro Pi programme manager Dave Honess on Future First

    (twitter.com)
    Space Dave on making a career based on his interest in coding and STEM subjects

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