This week, we’re introducing young people around the world to coding GUIs, or graphical user interfaces. Let them tune in this Wednesday at 5.30pm BST / 12.30pm EDT / 10.00pm IST for a fun live stream code-along session with Christina and special guest Martin! They’ll learn about GUIs, can ask us questions, and get to… The post Code a GUI live with Digital Making at Home appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Games consoles might be fast and have great graphics, but they’re no match for the entertainment value of a proper arcade machine. In this month’s issue of Hackspace magazine, you’re invited to relive your misspent youth with this huge build project. There’s something special about the comforting solidity of a coin-eating video game monolith, and… The post Build an arcade cabinet | Hackspace 35 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Around the world, formal education systems are bringing computing knowledge to learners. But what exactly is set down in different countries’ computing curricula, and what are classroom educators teaching? This was the topic of the first in the autumn series of our Raspberry Pi research seminars on Tuesday 8 September. We heard from an international… The post How is computing taught in schools around the world? appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

This project goes a step further than most custom-made Raspberry Pi cases: YouTuber Michael Pick hacked a Raspberry Pi 4 and stuffed it inside this Apple lookalike to create the world’s smallest ‘iMac’. Michael designed and 3D printed this miniature ‘iMac’ with what he calls a “gently modified” Raspberry Pi 4 at the heart. Everything… The post Raspberry Pi enables world’s smallest iMac appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

24h Sunrise/Sunset is a digital art installation that displays a live sunset and sunrise happening somewhere in the world with the use of CCTV. Artist Dries Depoorter wanted to prove that “CCTV cameras can show something beautiful”, and turned to Raspberry Pi to power this global project. Harnessing CCTV The arresting visuals are beamed to… The post Global sunrise/sunset Raspberry Pi art installation appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Do you know young people who dream of sending something to space? You can help them make that dream a reality! We’re calling on educators, club leaders, and parents to inspire young people to develop their digital skills by participating in this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge. The European Astro Pi Challenge, which we run… The post How young people can run their computer programs in space with Astro Pi appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

September is wellness month at Digital Making at Home. Your young makers can code along with our educators every week to create projects that focus on their well-being. This week’s brand-new projects are all about helping young people concentrate better. Through Digital Making at Home, we invite parents and kids all over the world to… The post Coding for concentration with Digital Making at Home appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Picture the scene: you have a Raspberry Pi configured to run on your network, you power it up headless (without a monitor), and now you need to know which IP address it was assigned. Matthias came up with this solution, which makes your Raspberry Pi blink its IP address, because he used a Raspberry Pi… The post What the blink is my IP address? appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

OK Cedrick, we don’t need to know why, but we have to know how you turned a watermelon into a games console. This has got to be a world first. What started out as a regular RetroPie project has blown up reddit due to the unusual choice of casing for the games console: nearly 50,000… The post Turn a watermelon into a RetroPie games console appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

NODE has long been working to create open-source resources to help more people harness the decentralised internet, and their easily 3D-printed designs are perfect to optimise your Raspberry Pi. NODE wanted to take advantage of the faster processor and up to 8GB RAM on Raspberry Pi 4 when it came out last year. Now that… The post It’s a brand-new NODE Mini Server! appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

CrowPi2 is a new product that has been launched by Elecrow on KickStarter. It is a laptop-style shell that includes a huge selection of pre-connected sensors, switches and displays. As with the original CrowPi the idea behind it is that you can easily create and test projects without needing to worry about lots of wiring. [...] The post CrowPi2 Raspberry Pi Laptop and Learning Platform appeared first on Raspberry Pi Spy.

Setting up a Raspberry Pi VPN connection is easy. Once subscribed to a VPN service you can access the internet using it and protect your privacy. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) creates an encrypted tunnel between your computer and a remote server. All your internet traffic is routed through the tunnel and appears to the [...] The post Raspberry Pi VPN Setup Guide appeared first on Raspberry Pi Spy.