Issue #144 - Window
Hi
This week, we saw Astro Pi Izzy tweeting photos she’d taken through the window of the ISS. It’s pretty amazing to think Izzy and Ed are running programs written by schoolchildren. See the photos on Twitter – more to follow! @astro_pi_ir
Next month, the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists are showcasing their amazing projects at a special exhibition at the Foundation HQ in Cambridge, and you can apply for tickets through the website.
There are also just two weeks left of the current Astro Pi Coding Challenges – UK under-18s get your entries in quick!
Ben
News
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Astro Pi
(makezine.com) The Astro Pi project goes where no Pi has gone before -
ScummVM sails onto the Raspberry Pi
(raspberrypi.org) Point-and-click adventure games engine ported to the Pi -
PiCaseReOpened
(kickstarter.com) A flexible, stylish and neat case for the official Raspberry Pi display -
CentOS for Raspberry Pi
(news.softpedia.com) A CentOS 7 image has been released for Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 -
WD PiDrive 314GB for Raspberry Pi
(arstechnica.com) Western Digital makes a $46, 314GB hard drive just for the Raspberry Pi -
VoxCube
(kickstarter.com) Connect VoxCube to a microcontroller to create 3D volumetrics animations
Projects
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Exploring space with Minecraft
(raspberrypi.org) Explore SpaceCRAFT, the primary school winning entry in the Astro Pi competition -
Make your own Pi HAT
(raspberrypi.org) Prototype and produce your own Raspberry Pi HAT -
Dress for the weather
(raspberrypi.org) Use an open weather data API to find the weather forecast -
Automatic backup server
(opensource.com) Turn your old Raspberry Pi into an automatic backup server -
Sniffur dog tracker
(raspberrypi.org) Always knows where your dog is with this beacon-powered Sniffur system -
Computing the 60s - Raspberry Pi style
(lomcovak.com) Beautiful modern replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I computer -
Building Visual Studio Code on a Raspberry Pi 3
(hanselman.com) Running Microsoft's open-source Visual Studio Code editor on a Raspberry Pi -
PiZero digital photo frame
(garagetech.tips) Using the Pi Zero as smart USB storage for a digital photo frame -
Raspberry Pi PowerHAT
(instructables.com) Making a portable power supply for your Raspberry Pi -
Raspberry Pi Aeroponic System
(sonyarouje.com) Vertical growing, irrigation pipes, and a nutrient feeder, controlled by the Pi
Articles
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LEGO NesPi case
(raspberrypi.org)
NES-style Pi case made of LEGO -
Success for Code Clubs in South Wales libraries
(raspberrypi.org)
Lorna on Code Clubs in South Wales -
Serving the Raspberry Pi 3 launch from a Raspberry Pi 3
(raspberrypi.org)
Guest post from Mythic Beasts on adding Raspberry Pis to their data centre -
Celebrate Pi Day with NASA Goddard and Pi-Sat
(nasa.gov)
NASA's Pi-powered Cubesats -
Cool projects come to Raspberry Pi Birthday Bash
(makezine.com)
Pictures and projects from Make at the Pi party -
Firewall your home network with a Raspberry Pi
(opensource.com)
Using CentOS on Raspberry Pi 2 to secure your home network -
The Pi Zero FAQ
(blog.adafruit.com)
Adafruit cover the $5 Pi Zero
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