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One of the world’s most popular and innovative computers officially launched on February 29, 2012. Nine years and 38 million units sold later, the Raspberry Pi powers a huge community of makers, students and businesses. What started as a small project, meant to increase applications for Cambridge University’s computer science program has become a global movement. Every serious tech enthusiast should own at least one Raspberry Pi or, if you’re like me, 30 Raspberry Pis. You can use one as a lightweight PC, a retro arcade machine or to power a variety of projects, from home security cameras to tic-tac-toe-playing robots , self-driving trash cans or streaming media servers . In honor of the Raspberry Pi’s ninth birthday, here are 9 key facts about it. 1.  Raspberry Pi’s original target was just 1,000 units. The Raspberry Pi was originally developed to solve a very limited problem: the decreasing number of people applying to study computer science at Cambridge … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi’s Ninth Birthday: 9 Things You Might Not Know

If you're sick of single-player tic-tac-toe, this Raspberry Pi project created by 3DprintedLife is just for you. Using a camera alongside a robotic arm, this Pi-powered robot is the ultimate tic-tac-foe. The robot was designed entirely by 3DprintedLife using CAD software and 3D printed. The body consists mainly of a robotic arm controlled by servo motors and a camera positioned above a small playing field. The camera observes the game while the Pi calculates moves in real-time. We recently featured 3DprintedLife's automatic card shuffler back in July, which also relied on image recognition. 3DprintedLife created a custom PCB for the project designed to help the servo motors better control the arm. The main board for the robot, however, is a Raspberry Pi Zero. There are a few additional components used including an Adafruit Feather and MAX98357 audio amplifier module. The game starts with the robotic arm which draws the tic-tac-toe board and makes the first move. The … [Read more...] about This Raspberry Pi Robot Plays Tic-Tac-Toe So You Never Play Alone

Just days after Elecrow launched its Kickstarter campaign for Crowbits on February 24th, the company has already received pledges 3x over its goal of $9,994 thanks to strong community support. But it’s not too late to send in your pledge since there are still 40 days left before the end of the fundraiser. All orders are expected to ship to customers by June 2021. Following the success of its CrowPi 2 Raspberry Pi Laptop which launched last year, the electronic maker has come out with another fun STEM-based learning product that’s geared toward teaching kids to code as they play. Crowbits has over 80 magnetic blocks that easily snap together to build various projects. It’s packaged as a series of learning kits, from the basic kit aimed for beginners, and progresses to more complex kits that include additional modules and offer more challenging projects for advanced learners. Each kit has various modules that can be programmed based on their function and are differentiated by … [Read more...] about Elecrow’s Crowbits Uses Programmable Blocks to Promote STEM Learning