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Visit to Sony Raspberry Pi Factory Wales

I’ve recently been to visit the Sony UK factory where the Raspberry Pi is made. This was made possible thanks

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and NFC (Near Field Communication) provide the ability for devices to talk to each other by

The BBC micro:bit includes an accelerometer which allows you to track the movement of the micro:bit. This means that it

One of the things I’ve been doing with the micro:bit is to have it relay messages to a connected host

I’ve been playing around with a BBC Micro:Bit for the last few days. You can see my first adventures in

The Raspberry Pi foundation has made a new Raspberry Pi computer called the PiZero. It’s a smaller version of the

One of the benefits of a Debian based Linux operating system is how easy it is to upgrade. In the

I have a Dell laptop – Dell Inspiron 17 model 7737 When I first bought it I installed Ubuntu 13.10,

I recently spent a day at the Malvern Festival of Innovation – introducing pupils to physical computing and computer programming.

We visited the education day on PyconUK again this year (read about last years PyconUK Kids education day). It’s a