robot
It's no secret that I love robots, and when Liz Smart, Code Club Coordinator for the North West asked me along to the Big Bang Fair North West along with some robots...I jumped at the chance! So here is Johnny 5, a Pi Zero robot controlled using
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Since 2013 I have written a lot of Raspberry Pi content for Future Publishing and sometimes this content is collected into special "bookazines", magazines devoted to one topic that cover 100+ pages. For Future's latest bookazine they produced 180 pages of Raspberry Pi projects, reviews and
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It was a tale of two cities, a game of two halves or some other euphemism. But BETT 2016 seemed centred on bringing the Maker Movement into the classroom. At one end of the hall we saw the hard sales of smart whiteboards, IT service plans and high speed / high
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On August 28 and 29 I was part of the team showcasing the best of Blackpool’s history for an upcoming Blackpool Museum. The event was called “Museum in the making” and merged a typical museum exhibit structure with a series of interactive exhibits that mixed live actors with activities
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Blackpool has a long history of entertainment with many big names coming to Blackpool during it's "Golden Age". I was recently asked by Blackpool Council to provide a Raspberry Pi workshop as part of a two day unveiling of a new project. The project would see
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I’ll let you into a secret. I’ve not always been a programmer, in fact I’ve only been programming for a few years. Ok compose yourself, get a brandy or a cup of tea and carry on reading. I know it’s hard to believe but just over
Linux
Creating a VNC connection Controlling a Raspberry Pi using VNC is a great way to remotely control a robot. But how can you do it? For this project you will need. * A Raspberry Pi * A WIFI dongle * Monitor * Keyboard * Mouse * Power Supply Pre-requisites Your Raspberry Pi will need a working
Linux
At a recent Picademy Bytes CPD session I was asked by Monica "How can I connect my laptop to a Raspberry Pi?" Good question! Monica was keen to take her Pi on holiday and hack around with it, but she didn't fancy taking a large screen
Linux
If you are like me then you probably host a lot of Raspberry Pi themed events. You've probably built up quite a stash of kit, including around 20 Raspberry Pi. So what do you do if you need to create a bunch of SD cards in a rush?
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Controlling your Raspberry Pi over a network is a really handy thing to do, but how can you do it? Well in this tutorial I show you how to setup a VNC server on your Raspberry Pi and connect to it via a laptop / tablet using a VNC client. What
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Being British I have an unatural obsession with the weather. In a taxi my opening gambit is usually "Well, isn't the weather nice/wet/cold ?" to which the poor driver responds with a grunt or explains how weather systems works and then exceeds my level of
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Picademy, the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own brand of CPD training is a fantastic opportunity for teachers to learn more about the Raspberry Pi and how it can revolutionise their delivery of Computing in the classroom. Typically Picademy takes place at Pi Towers in Cambridge, but only very recently