I get asked a lot about uses for the Raspberry Pi. Well, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has you covered. Hello World is an online magazine for educational Raspberry Pi users. Available for free as a PDF, it is published three times a year with articles for the making teacher. The magazine is even a better…
The new Pi-Top is a slicker machine. It’s a drastically easier build — six steps, rather than 23 — which might sound like a step backwards, but in return you’re getting a design that feels more competitive with cheap Chromebooks and Windows laptops. It has a full-size keyboard and a centrally positioned trackpad. Above the…
Now you’ve unpacked the Pi you may be wondering to do with it next…and that’s where we come in. Here’s a quick guide to getting started with Raspberry Pi. Source: So you got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas! Now what? – Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi, if you don’t receive it as part of a…
Today’s generation of fighter pilots could be the last of their breed, thanks to an AI system dubbed ALPHA that’s proving unkillable in air combat. The US Air Force has just completed dogfighting trials in a simulator, pitching the software against retired Air Force Colonel Gene Lee. The AI – which ran on a $35…
PiperEDU also comes at a discount. Whereas a normal Piper kit costs $300, PiperEDU will cost $250 when a school buys four units. If that price is too steep, teachers have the option to rent Piper kits on a monthly basis—two for $100 per month—and apply the money paid in rental fees to an eventual…
Last May, I backed a project on Kickstarter1 for the CHIP computer. At $9, the CHIP computer is the cheapest single board computer (SBC) that is fully functional. The Raspberry Pi project released the Pi Zero at $5 during the past year, but it isn’t fully functional since you still have to buy an SD…
The Raspberry foundation released their newest model of the Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi 3. It is faster than the 2 it replaces, and adds wifi and bluetooth, all for the same $35. The addition of wifi is a big deal. No longer will you have to use one of the USB ports for a…