Friday 21 October 2016

Issue #175 - Sisyphus

Hello there,

This week has seen the release of photographs from our #PiCommunity event at St James’s Palace with HRH The Duke of York. Follow the link and use the PIN 1106 for downloads.

Meanwhile on our blog, Courtney Lentz covers the beautiful Sisyphus kinetic table, Lorna offers a low-down on our time at Maker Faire New York, Matt discusses the impact of ten million Raspberry Pi sales, Carrie Anne introduces the second MagPi Educator’s Edition, and yours truly gets her teeth into some of our favourite RetroPie builds.

There’s also a host of builds to try, and a selection of great competitions and articles from the week.

Have an awesome weekend and we’ll see you all next Friday.

Peace,

Alex

(And if all that wasn’t enough, Ben’s Nan turns 100 this week! Woohoo!)

News

New MagPi Educator's Edition
(raspberrypi.org) Free download especially for educators
Sisyphus: the Kinetic Art table
(raspberrypi.org) A beautiful work of functional art
#PiCommunity Photos
(raspberrypifoundation.pixieset.com) The PIN is 1106 if you need it
PA Raspberry Pi Competition
(paconsulting.com) Apply for this year's competition

Projects

Build Your Own Dash Cam
(pubnub.com) Part two now available
Hack an Amazon Dash Button
(howchoo.com) Reboot and shut down your Pi
Custom Minecraft Controller
(hackster.io) Build your own controller
Start Your Car with Amazon Alexa
(hackster.io) Hands-free 'auto'-mation

Articles

Maker Faire New York 2016
(raspberrypi.org)
A rundown of our time at Maker Faire
The Impact of Ten Million
(raspberrypi.org)
Matt Richardson discusses #10MillionPi
Five(ish) Awesome RetroPie Builds
(raspberrypi.org)
Some of the best RetroPie builds
Stranger Things Wall
(youtube.com)
Text the wall
Hackaday Enlightened Raspberry Pi Contest
(hackaday.com)
Win awesome goodies
Electronics Weekly Interview with Eben Upton
(electronicsweekly.com)
Raspberry Pi founder tells of the “toy” that grew and grew