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The Raspberry Pi $5 PiZero – the cost is only half the story

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

The Scouts have introduced some new staged activity badges which provide different levels of achievement. One of the new ones

Frustrated by the lack of Linux support for an education Robot Arm I bought – I’ve written my own. Other

Introduction This is a review of the Meccanoid G15K personal robot from Meccano. It’s a programmable robot that’s about 4

I’ve started work on a graphical application to control Neopixels using the Raspberry Pi. This is one of my first

I bought a HDMI Pi, Raspberry Pi screen through the kickstarter project. When the Kickstarter was run then there were