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Tweeting from the @Raspberry_Pi blog archive: what happened on this day in previous years. A bot made by @ben_nuttall.

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On this day in 2012: Model B now ships with 512MB of RAM raspberrypi.com/news/model-b…

Model B now ships with 512MB of RAM - Raspberry Pi

Update again: We’ve now added the ability to adjust the split between GPU and CPU memory with 1MB granularity, rendering the instructions in the previous update obsolete. Now you simply copy the...

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On this day in 2021: Inspiring learners about computing through health and well-being projects | Hello World #17 raspberrypi.org/blog/inspiri…

Inspiring learners about computing through health and well-being projects | Hello World #17 -...

In Hello World 17, James Abela shares the impact of letting his students create a health-related computer science passion project.

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On this day in 2021: These Raspberry Pi Zero-powered hands are passive-aggressive raspberrypi.com/news/these-r…

These Raspberry Pi Zero-powered hands are passive-aggressive - Raspberry Pi

This art installation features robot hands controlled by Raspberry Pi Zero WH. Social media data determines which actions the hands perform.

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On this day in 2017: Sean Hodgins’ Haunted Jack in the Box raspberrypi.com/news/sean-ho…

Sean Hodgins' Haunted Jack in the Box - Raspberry Pi

To fuel all our nightmares in time for Halloween, Sean Hodgins has created a Haunted Jack in the Box which pops up when it detects a human presence.

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On this day in 2016: Learn C in our brand new MagPi Essentials book! raspberrypi.com/news/learn-c…

Learn C in our brand new MagPi Essentials book! - Raspberry Pi

Learn to program in C with our new MagPi Essentials book.

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On this day in 2015: Senior Pi raspberrypi.com/news/senior-…

Senior Pi - Raspberry Pi

We made the Raspberry Pi to teach kids about computing. Of the 7 million Pis we’ve sold so far, about a third have ended up with kids – the way the maker community took to the Pi was a real surprise...

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On this day in 2014: Make a Tweeting Babbage raspberrypi.org/blog/make-a-…

Make a Tweeting Babbage - Raspberry Pi Foundation

At Picademy, our awesome free training course for teachers, I run a workshop to introduce teachers to using the camera module with Python, and show them how to wire up a GPIO button they can use to...

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On this day in 2021: Engaging Black students in computing at school — interview with Lynda Chinaka raspberrypi.org/blog/engagin…

Engaging Black students in computing at UK schools — interview with Lynda Chinaka - Raspberry Pi...

Lynda Chinaka, Senior Lecturer in Computing in Education, on the work everyone can do to engage more Black students in computing in school and beyond.

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On this day in 2021: This 3D printer solves Sudoku puzzles raspberrypi.com/news/this-3d…

This 3D printer solves Sudoku puzzles - Raspberry Pi

Zach Hipps from the byte sized YouTube channel turned his 3D printer into a Sudoku robot using a pen, a camera, and a Raspberry Pi Zero W

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On this day in 2020: AI-Man: a handy guide to video game artificial intelligence raspberrypi.com/news/ai-man-…

AI-Man: a handy guide to video game artificial intelligence - Raspberry Pi

In the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, readers discovered how non-player characters make decisions by tinkering with this Pac-Man homage.

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On this day in 2018: SelfieBot: taking and printing photos with a smile raspberrypi.com/news/selfieb…

SelfieBot: taking and printing photos with a smile - Raspberry Pi

Does your camera giggle and smile as it takes your photo? Does it spit out your image from a thermal printer? No? Well, Sophy Wong's SelfieBot does!

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On this day in 2017: BrailleBox: Android Things Braille news display raspberrypi.com/news/braille…

BrailleBox: Android Things Braille news display - Raspberry Pi

The BrailleBox by Joe Birch is a dynamic Braille reader that's based on Android Things and displays online news stories at the push of a button.

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On this day in 2016: Hands-free with the Alexa Voice Service raspberrypi.com/news/hands-f…

Hands-free with the Alexa Voice Service - Raspberry Pi

The recent update to the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) API allows makers to incorporate hands-free functionality into their builds, a feature previously missing from all but the official Amazon Echo and...

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On this day in 2015: Working Doctor Who props with Raspberry Pi raspberrypi.com/news/working…

Working Doctor Who props with Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi

Amazing homemade Doctor Who props that work with Raspberry Pi, from K-9 to sonic screwdrivers to a TARDIS that has been to the stratosphere and back.

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On this day in 2012: Housekeeping-type post – book compo results, awards, dinner. raspberrypi.com/news/houseke…

Housekeeping-type post - book compo results, awards, dinner. - Raspberry Pi

We won another award! That’s three in two weeks; we’re very shocked and very pleased. This is the BASDA Theo von Dort award, which Eben was given at the Software Satisfaction Awards 2012 ceremony we...

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On this day in 2012: Video from Orlando raspberrypi.com/news/video-f…

Video from Orlando - Raspberry Pi

The Orlando Sentinel shot some video with Eben when we were at FamiLAB last week. (This requires a click-through because I can’t embed their video.) Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, the journalist who shot...

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On this day in 2011: Video demo of the day: VNC on Raspberry Pi raspberrypi.com/news/video-d…

Video demo of the day: VNC on Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi

Rob Hague, a good friend of the Raspberry Pi Foundation who has been hacking on an alpha board in his spare time, has a gorgeous little demo of VNC remote desktop running with the Raspberry Pi as a...

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On this day in 2021: Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Custom PC #219 raspberrypi.com/news/sinclai…

Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Custom PC #219 - Raspberry Pi

Ben Hardwidge recalls how Sir Clive Sinclair’s rubber-keyed 48K Sinclair ZK Spectrum ignited his love of computers and magazines.

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On this day in 2019: VC4 and V3D OpenGL drivers for Raspberry Pi: an update raspberrypi.com/news/vc4-and…

VC4 and V3D OpenGL drivers for Raspberry Pi: an update - Raspberry Pi

Here’s an update from Iago Toral of Igalia on development of the open source VC4 and V3D OpenGL drivers used by Raspberry Pi. Some of you may already know that Eric Anholt, the original developer of...

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On this day in 2018: Google Tasks to-do list, or anti-baby-distraction device raspberrypi.com/news/interac…

Google Tasks to-do list, or anti-baby-distraction device - Raspberry Pi

Organise your life with Google Tasks, a Raspberry Pi 3, a 3.5" touchscreen, and hackster.io user Michal Sporna. Distracting baby optional, though advised.

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