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ChildrenDays OutRedditch Worcestershire
5 November 2015 Stewart

Redditch Fire Station Bonfire and Firework Display 2015

Another great Bonfire Night and Firework Display at Redditch Fire Station. Although it was originally expected that 2014 would have

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ComputersGeneralLinuxProgrammingRaspberryPi
20 October 2015 Stewart

Next generation innovators at Malvern Festival of Innovation

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

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7 October 2015 Stewart

High altitude ballooning with the Raspberry Pi and Lego figures

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

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ComputersLinuxProgrammingRaspberryPi
5 October 2015 Stewart

Computers and robots – Digital Maker Badge with Beaver Scouts

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

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18 September 2015 Stewart

Robot Arm control software for the Raspberry Pi

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

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5 September 2015 Stewart

Review of Meccano Meccanoid G15KS educational personal robot

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

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ComputersLinuxProgrammingRaspberryPi
1 May 2015 Stewart

Neopixel GUI for the Raspberry Pi

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

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23 April 2015 Stewart

Raspberry Pi St George’s day with Unicorn Hat

I’ve recently bought a Pimoroni Unicorn Hat for my daughter to use on her Raspberry Pi. It’s a add-on for

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6 April 2015 Stewart

Day out cycling on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire railway near Tardebigge

Photos from the canal at Tardebigge Posted by Days Out Diary on Monday, 6 April 2015

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6 April 2015 Stewart

HDMI Pi – Raspberry Pi screen – upgrade to Raspberry Pi 2 / B+

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

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