Raspberry Pi still in the news

A further selection of links to some recent stories about the popular Raspberry Pi.

Element14 unveils Raspberry Pi Projects hub and 8GB Model B ...
Engadget
While it's comparatively easy to get started with Raspberry Pi programming, it can be tough to find suitably challenging projects afterward - what's good for rookies may bore seasoned pros.

Teaching computational biology is as easy as Pi
BMC Pediatrics (blog)
The low cost computing hardware Raspberry Pi is now being used to train the next generation of computational biologists, and is proving to be a low-cost  alternative to more traditional methods of learning.

Raspberry Pi cooks up the Picrowave
Electronics Weekly
How does the saying go – “Set a thief to catch a thief”? Well, this one caught my eye – use a Raspberry Pi to cook a raspberry pie!

Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton: Open Source Lessons from Wayland
Linux.com (blog)
In less than two years the Raspberry Pi has sold more than 1 million units and become widely used and adored among DIY hackers and embedded ...

Pete Lomas to give keynote at Electronics Design Show
New Electronics
Pete Lomas, the man who designed the hardware for the Raspberry Pi, will be talking about the seven year journey which took the device from creator to consumer at the forthcoming Electronics Design Show.

Oracle Pushes Java ME Forward
Datamation
With Java ME 3.3, Oracle is now adding support for additional mobile architectures, including popular ARM configurations such as the Raspberry Pi.

Pi-Rex: The Raspberry Pi-Based Dog-Door That Unlocks With A Bark!
CrazyEngineers
Woof woof, and that's it! Your dog is the new Alibaba as far as unlocking doors are concerned, the magical spell being just its usual bark. New pet owner and Raspberry-Pi enthusiast David Hunt wanted to let his dog attend its early morning piss-call without having to depend on anyone, and he found a creative DIY solution in a rigged door that automatically opened with just a bark- a creation he's named Pi-Rex

RAPIRO Raspberry Pi Robot Kit Launches On Kickstarter (video)
Geeky gadgets
If you enjoy building electronic devices and love the Raspberry Pi mini PC this new RAPIRO Raspberry Pi Robot Kit might be the perfect project for you. The RAPIRO Raspberry Pi Robot Kit has been designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi mini PC as its ...

Build a Solar-Powered Raspberry Pi
LifeHacker India
An enterprising Hacker News user has built a Raspberry Pi server that's entirely run on solar power, along with instructions on how you can, too. Raspberry Pi can do a lot of neat things and the server this user built is just one of many.

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