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Raspberry Pi Weekly
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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

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