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- If there’s one thing we’re passionate about here at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it’s sharing our community’s passion for making with technology. Back in January, the Education team exhibited at the Bett Show with a special Educator’s Edition of our fabulous magazine, The MagPi. The goal was to share our projects and programmes with educators who… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, When we saw this R2D2-themed retro games console, we were reminded of a whole host of Star Wars maker projects, so we shared them with our favourite people. You’re our favourite people. We also learnt the difference between a glockenspiel and a xylophone, met a drone masquerading as a NASA Mars helicopter, and read… … Continue reading →
- This week on Digital Making at Home was a snapshot of just how versatile a Raspberry Pi computer… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, This week, we met one of Instagram’s Top 7 Women in STEM: software engineer and content creator Estefannie Explains it All. She told us why it’s so important to be yourself and why she can’t stop giving away free tech in her Instagram Live streams. We’re still learning about cool stuff you can do… … Continue reading →
- Yesterday was Pi Day and we celebrated with a special episode of Digital Making at Home, hosted by… … Continue reading →
- Since launching our first-ever Pi Day fundraising campaign, we’ve been absolutely amazed by the generous support so many of you have shown for the young learners and creators in our community. Together, our Pi Day donors have stepped up to make an impact on over 20,000 learners (and counting!) who rely on the Raspberry Pi… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, Pi Day is just around the corner, and we’re doing something new this year: a #RaspberryPiDay campaign to support young learners and creators in our community. You can join in with a donation of just $3.14 or $31.42 — which will be matched up to $5000 thanks to our friends at EPAM. To make… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, Our newest family member, Raspberry Pi Pico, is over a week old already! We’ve been sharing some great applications from our online community – you guys work FAST. If you missed out on HackSpace issue 39, you can still subscribe from issue 40 or later and we’ll send you a free Raspberry Pi Pico.… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, The MagPi magazine turned 100 this week. The team celebrated with a special issue that boasts a shiny front cover, and they spread the love on social media. Not content with just the one win this week, the MagPi folks also released a new book: The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2021. The Raspberry Pi… … Continue reading →
- Greetings, How’ve you been? I hope you like reading, because this week we released a brand-new book to help you to get more out of your Python projects. It’s written by Laura Sach and Martin O’Hanlon, who are both Learning Managers at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and it sports one of our jazziest, most colourful… … Continue reading →
- Hola, We likedthe inspiration behind Amol Deshmukh’s Raspberry Pi–powered social robot, which encourages children to wash their hands properly. They hope to roll out similar robots across schools in India to reduce bacteria-related illnesses in children. Caroline Dunn showed us how to jazz up your face mask and express yourself with a scrolling text panel.… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, You can take it easy after last week’s bumper Raspberry Pi Weekly issue; we’re back to business as usual with seven days’ worth of newness from the maker community. A super slow e-paper display, which takes months to play a movie in full, was our most popular post this week. Our blog squad took… … Continue reading →
- In case you missed it, you can now watch this week’s live stream coding session. We were so… … Continue reading →
- If you want to code along with educators from the Raspberry Pi Foundation to make some music, click… … Continue reading →
- At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, our mission is to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. We know that a lot of families around the globe are navigating school closures and practicing social distancing right now to keep their communities healthy and safe. So in… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week of newness here at Raspberry Pi Towers, with the release of our new Build your own first-person shooter in Unity publication, a free Raspberry Pi 4 cooling stand on the front of The MagPi magazine, and news of Vulkan coming to Raspberry Pi. Busy, busy, busy! Have a… … Continue reading →
- On 29 February 2020, the Raspberry Pi Foundation will celebrate the eighth birthday of the Raspberry Pi computer (or its second birthday, depending on how strict you are about counting leap years). Like any parent, we feel like time has flown by, and it’s remarkable to think how far we’ve come in such a short… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday! If you’re in an ESA Member State, this weekend is the perfect time to sit down and help a team submit their code for Astro Pi Mission Zero. If you’re not in an ESA Member State, you can still fill your weekend with Raspberry Pi goodness by downloading the latest issue of The… … Continue reading →
- We’ve worked alongside the team at Wolfram Mathematica to create ten new free resources for our projects site, perfect to use at home, or in your classroom, Code Club, or CoderDojo. Try out the Wolfram Language today, available as a free download for your Raspberry Pi (download details are below). The Wolfram Language The Wolfram language… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday! A new MagPi, an award, and a call for books? Phew, what a week! And remember, #GivingTuesday may have come and gone, but it’s not too late to support the Raspberry Pi Foundation‘s work to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. Have… … Continue reading →
- Today is #GivingTuesday, a global movement to kick off the charitable giving season. More than just a computer When you buy a Raspberry Pi, you’re not only getting a fantastic little computer, but you’re also helping with our charitable educational mission to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people… … Continue reading →
- Happy Margarita Friday, one and all! Whoever says that 2 o’clock on a Friday afternoon is too early for tequila-based beverages is entirely wrong — and after a week of the Comms team being VERY ill, we deserve it. This week, we saw the official release of HackSpace magazine’s Book of Making volume 1, The… … Continue reading →
- Astro Pi is back and we’re absolutely buzzing with excitment. If you don’t know what Astro Pi is, where have you been? check out our new video. And then check out our other new video! And while we have your attention, be sure to also vote for your favourite Raspberry Pi projects for issue 75… … Continue reading →
- Wherever in the world I meet members of the Raspberry Pi community, I am always amazed by their enthusiasm for learning and making. And I often meet families that are enjoying computing together: kids who have introduced their parents to something that’s a whole new world for them, adults who are sharing a hobby they… … Continue reading →
- Hello there! This week we released a new version of Raspbian, complete with a setup wizard to help you get started with your Pi! We also had fun playing with hot glue, trying out Android on a Raspberry Pi, and chatting to Tim Peake. We look forward to seeing many of you this weekend at Raspberry… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday, and welcome to this week’s Raspberry Pi Weekly, our newsletter filled to the brim with community projects, news, and articles. This week has been jam-packed with your awesome projects and tutorials, including this wonderful official Doctor Who K-9 prop renovation, this slightly gruesome eye in a jar, and the amazing Teslonda car hybrid. We’ve also… … Continue reading →
- Hello there, The Raspberry Pi news this week: Coolest Projects is expanding, with its doors now open to young makers in the Raspberry Pi community, and a new London location. Build a home theatre system and turn your trash into tech with the help of this week’s The MagPi issue 66 and HackSpace magazine 3.… … Continue reading →
- Hey there! Welcome to the last Raspberry Pi Weekly of 2017. And what a week it’s been! We’ve seen the release of not one, not two, but THREE new publications from the Raspberry Pi Press. So whether you want to catch up with Raspberry Pi community projects in The MagPi, delve into the world of… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday! Christmas is most certainly around the corner, as we’re starting to see our social media mentions fill with festive cheer. If you’ve created something for the holiday season using a Raspberry Pi, make sure to share it with us. And if you’re looking for gift inspiration, check out our Christmas shopping list. In… … Continue reading →
- Hi there, What a week of new releases! This week saw the launch of the very first issue of HackSpace magazine — the newest publication from the team behind The MagPi that brings all the fun and excitement of making and hacking into one awesome monthly magazine. We’ve also released volume 3 of our always… … Continue reading →
- Hello there, Have you heard the news about HackSpace? It’s a brand-new maker magazine from the team behind The MagPi, and you can get a print copy of issue 1 for free! Managers of hack- or makerspaces can also get a whole box of magazines for free to share with their members. This week also… … Continue reading →
- Hello there, The 2017-18 Astro Pi challenge is now open! This time we’re offering two missions, one of which guarantees getting your code into space. Teams of school students across Europe and even beyond can take part. To celebrate, we’re telling you all about the astounding things you can achieve with the Sense HAT, the… … Continue reading →
- Happy Friday, everyone! Phew, what a week it’s been — not only have we seen the release of The MagPi issue 61, but today we also discovered issue 3 of Hello World on our doorstep. Both are amazing publications for our community of Raspberry Pi makers and educators. We’re always keen to improve our accessibility… … Continue reading →
- It’s Friday! And what a busy week it’s been. Phew! Today saw the announcement of our Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend, which will be bringing the world together for our sixth birthday next March. Make sure to register your interest! If you took part in Pioneers, make sure to keep an eye on the #MakeYourIdeas… … Continue reading →
- Hello everyone! We were thrilled to learn yesterday that Raspberry Pi had won the UK’s top prize for engineering innovation, the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award. This isn’t something we could ever have imagined when we launched the first Raspberry Pi in 2012, and we are honoured and delighted. Also this week, we launched… … Continue reading →
- When I heard we were merging with CoderDojo, I was delighted. CoderDojo is a wonderful organisation with a spectacular community, and it’s going to be great to join forces with the team and work towards our common goal: making a difference to the lives of young people by making technology accessible to them. You may… … Continue reading →
- Hello there, This week saw the announcement of a very special relationship: in a merger that will increase the opportunities for young people everywhere to get involved in computing, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has joined forces with the awesome CoderDojo Foundation. We’re very excited! Adding to our mountain of wonderful, we also released the second… … Continue reading →
- As educators and makers at Raspberry Pi, we think a lot about failure and how to deal with it constructively. Much has been written about the importance of failure to design and engineering projects. It is undoubtedly true that you can learn a lot from your mistakes, like getting the wrong size of part, mistyping… … Continue reading →
- Hi everyone, Since the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Code Club merged back in 2015, we’ve more than doubled the number of clubs to over 10,000, giving children around the world the opportunity to learn how to make things with computers. Yesterday, we announced that we’re responding to huge demand from young people by extending Code… … Continue reading →
- Hi This week, The MagPi Issue #57 is out, and comes with an exclusive project kit from Google. The AIY Projects kit enables you to add voice interaction to your Raspberry Pi projects. We have now sold 250,000 Pi Zero W units, and this week we announced a new range of distributors around the world.… … Continue reading →
- Pioneers, your next challenge is here! Do you like making things? Do you fancy trying something new? Are you aged 11 to 16? The Pioneers programme is ready to challenge you to create something new using technology. As you’ll know if you took part last time, Pioneers challenges are themed. So here’s the lovely Ana… … Continue reading →
- Hi everyone, This week Alex (of House J’rassic) has scampered off to Amsterdam for VidCon and left me with half a newsletter to finish. Can you believe the cheek? Anyway, it’s good to be back. Did you miss me? I’m all about the Jam these days. I’m running one tomorrow at Pi Towers: do come along… … Continue reading →
- Welcome to Raspberry Pi Weekly #197! This week saw the winners’ announcement for our first ever Pioneers challenge: Make Us Laugh. We spent a day in London with our amazing judges, watching every video and laughing till we cried. The quality of young makers’ submissions was just brilliant – take a look and see for yourself. We’ll… … Continue reading →
- On 1-2 April, Cambridge Raspberry Jam will be hosting Pi Wars 2017, the latest iteration of their successful robotics challenge competition. For those unfamiliar with the setup, Pi Wars contestants use home-brew Raspberry Pi-powered robots to compete across seven challenge courses. There’s also a host of other categories, including prizes for Artistic and Technical Merit, as… … Continue reading →
- Hello! Last weekend, we celebrated Raspberry Pi and Code Club’s fifth birthday with code, cake, robots, art, explosions, music, quizzes, and rainbow unicorn face paint. If you couldn’t be there – or if you could, and you wish you still were – you can relive the fun by following the #PiParty hashtag on Twitter. Colours… … Continue reading →
- This column is from The MagPi issue 54. You can download a PDF of the full issue for free, or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet. All proceeds from the print and digital editions help the Raspberry Pi Foundation achieve its charitable goals. When you… … Continue reading →
- Hello there! We’ve had the most wonderful week. While spreading the Raspberry Pi love at Bett 2017, our CEO Philip Colligan launched Hello World, a new, free magazine about computing and digital making for educators. Free forever online as a PDF, Hello World will be delivered free of charge to the homes of all educators in… … Continue reading →
- Today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is launching a new, free resource for educators. Hello World is a magazine about computing and digital making written by educators, for educators. With three issues each year, it contains 100 pages filled with news, features, teaching resources, reviews, research and much more. It is designed to be cross-curricular and useful to… … Continue reading →
- Hello everyone! This week, we released a version of our PIXEL desktop environment for PC and Mac, and there’s even a bootable DVD on the cover of this month’s MagPi magazine. Plus, tickets for Raspberry Pi and Code Club’s fifth birthday party in March are available now – grab yours and help us celebrate! While… … Continue reading →
- What could you do in an hour? Perhaps you could watch an episode of a TV show, have a luxurious bath, or even tidy the house a bit! But what if you could spend an hour learning a skill that might influence the future of your career, and perhaps your whole life? The Hour of… … Continue reading →
- This week saw the announcement of Pioneers, our new programme for those in the UK between the ages of 12 and 15. The aim of Pioneers is to help young makers realise their ideas through a series of challenges set forth by the team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. If you wish to take part,… … Continue reading →
- Laura: MagPi founder and Scottish Pi event organiser extraordinaire Dr. William Bell has sent us this report from the home of the World Wide Web itself… CERN is the heart of particle physics research, where scientists are working to discover new phenomena using high-energy equipment. These research challenges have driven inventions, such as the World Wide Web and… … Continue reading →
- Hi there, Things are a little spooky here at Pi Towers as we draw ever closer to Halloween. So why not have a go at our Spooky Spot the Difference or build your own Pumpkin Light Effect with a Pi and Pimoroni Blinkt!? The MagPi team have had a busy week releasing both Issue 51… … Continue reading →
- 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… … Continue reading →
- Howdy! Last week, thanks to the generosity of HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Patron of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we were able to take 200 members of the Pi community to St James’s Palace. Bookending some inspirational speeches from Foundation CEO Philip Colligan, Code Club co-founder Clare Sutcliffe, and the Duke of York himself,… … Continue reading →
- Last month, we celebrated the milestone of ten million Raspberry Pi computers sold to date. That’s quite extraordinary, and we’re thrilled to have reached so many people, not just through selling computers, but through our educational programmes and outreach activities. Our successes come in no small part from the support of our wonderful community, and… … Continue reading →
- Hello there, What. A. Week. Wow! You may have noticed that Raspbian has had a facelift in the form of PIXEL, a brand new desktop environment that looks all sorts of beautiful. Hats off to the team responsible. They’re now all having a well-earned rest. Also, after so many of you voted for your favourite projects,… … Continue reading →
- If this post gives you a sense of déjà-vu it’s because, last month, we announced a web-based Sense HAT emulator in partnership with US-based startup Trinket. Today, we’re announcing another Sense HAT emulator designed to run natively on your Raspberry Pi desktop, instead of inside a browser. Developed by Dave Jones, it’s intended for people who own… … Continue reading →
- It’s party central at Pi Towers… and for good reason. Thursday saw the announcement of an incredible 10 million Raspberry Pis sold in four and a half years. Can you believe it? In honour of this amazing achievement, the CEOs, trustees and staff, plus several members of the Pi community, visited the Houses of Parliament, thanks… … Continue reading →
- Oh, hey there! We. Want. You. Seriously, we do. We’ve a new 6-month paid internship available at Raspberry Pi ‘Pi Towers’, Cambridge, UK. As Events Assistant, you’ll get to do all sorts of awesome things including (though not limited to) eating free ice cream from the kitchen freezer, heading out for #FoodTruckFriday, Pokemon Go-ing at the… … Continue reading →
- Oh hi, This week… wow, it’s been a good one. Tuesday was spent with the amazing participants of our Digital Making Day, building speakers, creating wearable tech, and getting our hands on Pi Cameras and Pi-Tops. This week also saw the release of issue 49 of The MagPi, and your chance to vote for the… … Continue reading →
- Well, hello there! GPIOooooh, did you know that the new MagPi Essentials Guide is available to download for free? Learn simple electronics with GPIO Zero, and once you feel confident to pin all the pins, why not build yourself a scrolling news ticker? I’m still waiting for someone to play me the Star Trek theme on a… … Continue reading →
- It’s Friday! We’ve had a great week at Pi Towers, catching up with all your latest builds while planning our entry for Pi Wars 3.0. Fancy building your own network of rustic drum speakers? How about a pan-and-tilt surveillance system to see what those drums get up to when you’re not home?* Matt Richardson went… … Continue reading →
- Hey there, What a week for making! With the launch of our Day of Making application process, the latest MagPi issue 48, and our team heading off to Camp Bestival this weekend, it’s been a busy week at Pi Towers. As for all you lovely lot, we’ve seen some amazing projects released. From Sean’s beautiful RetroPie… … Continue reading →
- Welcome to Friday. Bees. Bees are our friends, and the team at the Hive Project are doing all they can to help our hard-working friends thrive with an electric beehive. On top of this, the team at The MagPi have produced a brand new Essentials Guide, helping you make the most out of the world of… … Continue reading →
- Hey there, What a week for Raspberry Pi publications. The MagPi 47 hit shelves with an awesome Tim Peake poster and Astro Pi badge, while the Essentials collection gained a new edition with ‘#5: Learn to Code with Scratch’. If that’s not enough, it’s also been the week of the Zero360, Project Bloks, and Superstar Hannah. I… … Continue reading →
- It’s nearly two years since Computing became a subject for all children in England to study, and we’re now seeing some amazing work to bring opportunities for digital making into schools. Recently I visited Eastwood Academy in Southend-on-Sea, where teacher Lucas Abbot has created a digital making room, and built a community of young programmers… … Continue reading →
- On Saturday, British ESA astronaut Tim Peake returned to Earth after six months on the International Space Station. During his time in orbit, he did a huge amount of work to share the excitement of his trip with young people and support education across the curriculum: as part of this, he used our two Astro… … Continue reading →
- Hi all The image above is the so-called Raspberry Pi Infinity+, a 10x working replica of the Raspberry Pi on show at Bay Area Maker Faire. Be sure to check out the amazing projects from the Creative Technologists and the rest of the content from the blog this week. There’s also some great content from… … Continue reading →
- Hi all Issue #46 of The MagPi is out now, featuring electronics projects with GPIO Zero and much more. Did you know you get a free Pi Zero when subscribing to the magazine? Be sure to check out Alex Eames’s latest Kickstarter project – the Analog Zero, perfect for reading analogue inputs with Python. It’s… … Continue reading →
- Hi all The MagPi Essentials books are now all available on Amazon, along with the bumper Raspberry Pi Projects book. This weekend is your last chance to apply for tickets for the Creative Technologists New Works exhibition. Tickets will be assigned on Monday. See below for some great projects. Ben … Continue reading →
- Hi everyone This week the Foundation released the first of its suite of micro:bit learning resources using MicroPython on the Pi to control the device. There’s also a new picamera guide. Be sure to check out The Magpi #44 and read up on Mythic Beasts hosting the Raspberry Pi website on Pi 3s. Ben … Continue reading →
- For anyone in the education technology community, January is synonymous with Bett. This trade show has been taking place in London for over thirty years, and now sees over thirty thousand educators, students, parents and technology enthusiasts descending on the ExCeL Centre in Docklands to find out about the latest learning technlogies. Raspberry Pi and… … Continue reading →
- Hi everyone The Foundation bid a fond farewell home of four years at Mount Pleasant House as they move in to new bigger offices by Cambridge Station. In other news, the latest issue of The MagPi is out now, and you can even download a special edition made for the Bett Show – the educator’s… … Continue reading →
- Hi all There’s a new MagPi essentials range book out – this time on the Sense HAT. Also, Raspberry Pi and Code Club currently have four job openings – be sure to check them out if you’re interested in applying to join the team. Ben … Continue reading →
- Today we’re delighted to welcome two new colleagues to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and to launch a recruitment campaign to find even more outstanding people to join our growing team. First, meet the new arrivals! Oliver Quinlan is joining the Foundation as Research Manager. Oliver joins us from Nesta where he has been part of… … Continue reading →
- Join the Raspberry Pi Education Team at Bett Show 2016, the annual British ed-tech show. We’ll be at ExCel London, from 20th to 23rd January 2016. With over 60 workshops and talks running over the four days, our team of Raspberry Pi in Education experts will be on hand to help you discover how Raspberry Pis can make computing… … Continue reading →
- On Saturday, over 100 educators, STEM ambassadors and children attended the Raspberry Pi Day at the University of Strathclyde. The brainchild of Dr William Bell (who did a lot of the heavy lifting when the MagPi was still published by volunteers), it’s the second Pi event to be held in Glasgow this year, and was… … Continue reading →
- Welcome to our Bett Show 2016 event page! Our Bett Show 2016 workshop timetable Join the Raspberry Pi Education Team at Bett Show 2016, the annual British ed-tech show. We’ll be at ExCel London from 20th to 23rd January 2016. With over 60 workshops and talks running over the four days, our team of Raspberry Pi in… … Continue reading →
- Hour of Code is a worldwide initiative to get as many people as possible to have a go at programming computers. Each December for the past couple of years, educators, tech businesses and non-profits alike have made a big push to get kids and adults to try their hand at writing a few lines of… … Continue reading →
- For our fans in the United States, we’ve joined up with Barnes & Noble Booksellers and Make: Magazine to host Raspberry Jams at a handful of select Barnes & Noble stores on Saturday November 7th at 2pm. It’s all a part of the Barnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire, which runs at all B&N stores… … Continue reading →
- Live coder, researcher, MagPi contributor and creator of the music live coding platform Sonic Pi, Sam Aaron has recently found the time to teach BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ MistaJam how to code music. Sam and MistaJam look at Bizet’s Carmen before working their magic on updating it and creating a new arrangement through… … Continue reading →
- Coding music on a Raspberry Pi with Sonic Pi has quickly become a great way to learn programming concepts and to pump out some thumping beats. Last year I worked with Dr Sam Aaron, live coder and academic at the University of Cambridge, to teach KS3 pupils text-based programming on Raspberry Pis as part of their… … Continue reading →
- On 14th and 15th April we ran the first ever Raspberry Pi Academy for Teachers: ‘Picademy’ for short. We invited 24 teachers from all over the UK to come to Pi Towers and be part of a very different type of training programme. We had hoped — rather than expected — to attract educators from… … Continue reading →
- Carrie Anne wasn’t our only new starter on Monday: we’ve also welcomed Dave Honess to the team. Dave will be familiar to many of you as Davespice from our forums, where he’s one of our moderators; he’s also been helping me moderate the comments on this blog for a year or so now, and he’s… … Continue reading →
- Please note this competition is now closed. You met Lance Howarth, the CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (this means he heads up our charitable giving), when he joined us earlier in the autumn. Today Lance has some news for you – and a very silly hat. Lance says: Ho Ho Ho! Here at Pi… … Continue reading →
- On Saturday, the half of Cambridgeshire that wasn’t busy footling about in the sun descended on Cambridge Consultants’ offices, kindly lent to the Raspberry Jam folks for the afternoon, for a few hours’ Pi-wrangling. If you’d been there you’d have met a hearty slice of the Pi’s development team: JamesH (and his brother, which surprised… … Continue reading →