Empowering India’s digital future: Our computing curriculum’s impact

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Raspberry Pi Foundation has been working in India since 2018 to enable young people to realise their potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.  We’ve supported Code Clubs, partnered with government organisations, and designed and delivered a complete computing curriculum for students in grades 6 to 12 and at the undergraduate level. […]

Forgot your safe combination? This Arduino-controlled autodialer can crack it for you

Reading Time: 2 minutesSafes are designed specifically to be impenetrable — that’s kind of the whole point. That’s great when you need to protect something, but it is a real problem when you forget the combination to your safe or when a safe’s combination becomes lost to history. In such situations, Charles McNall’s safe-cracking autodialer device can help. […]

Chop saw tape dispenser

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s in this spirit that Bunchowills has made the world’s smallest chop saw that is also a tape dispenser. Yes, the spinny 3D-printed blade won’t give you the same clean edge as a pair of scissors, but it looks considerably more awesome, and that’s the whole point. This mostly 3D-printed build runs on a pair […]

Quickly digitize your Magic deck with this 3D-printable scanning rig

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe call them “deck builders” for a reason: because players end up with huge piles of trading cards. They can get difficult to manage, which is why the ManaBox app exists for Magic: The Gathering. It lets collectors scan and log their decks, which is handy for everything from finding market values to optimizing deck builds. […]

Experience CS: a new way to teach computer science

Reading Time: 4 minutesI am delighted to announce Experience CS, a free, integrated computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school students (8–14 years old) that will be available in June 2025.  Experience CS enables educators to teach computer science through a standards-aligned curriculum that integrates computer science concepts and knowledge into core subjects like maths, science, languages, […]

Practical AI in the Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve filled the magazine with tutorials and hands-on projects – as always, a lot of these come from the fantastic Raspberry Pi user community, without which we’d be nothing. Thank you to everyone who’s ever built a project with Raspberry Pi, and special thanks to the subscribers who make this magazine possible. Our biggest budget […]

Win one of three 26 TOPS AI HAT+

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 35% off the cover price with a subscription to Raspberry Pi Official Magazine. UK subscribers get three issues for just £10 and a FREE Raspberry Pi Pico W, then pay £30 every six issues. You’ll save money and get a regular supply of in-depth reviews, features, guides and other Raspberry Pi enthusiast goodness delivered […]

Three ways to help students learn about the impact of technology

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs adults, it’s easy for us to see the impact technology has had on society and on our lives. Yet when I tell pupils that, within my lifetime, it wasn’t always illegal to hold your mobile phone to your ear and have a call while driving, they are horrified. They are living in the now […]

SeaPerch II introduces students to underwater ROV exploration

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile professionals around the world take advantage of Arduino products and the extensive ecosystem, the core Arduino philosophy is to simplify complex technology. A bare microcontroller is intimidating to the uninitiated, but an Arduino development board is friendly and approachable. MIT’s Sea Grant is harnessing that in their new SeaPerch II underwater ROV (remotely operated […]

This DIY experimental reactor harnesses the Birkeland-Eyde process

Reading Time: 2 minutesNitrogen is critical for farming at scale and without some form of nitrogen to enrich the soil, we couldn’t grow staple crops efficiently enough to feed our large global population. Serious science goes into the production of fertilizers and the Birkeland-Eyde process was one early example. It uses electrical arcs to turn nitrogen in the […]

Arduino Days 2025 is almost here!

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith just a few days to go, Arduino Days 2025 promises to be one of the biggest and most exciting events in our 20-year history! Join us for two days of live-streamed content on March 21st-22nd, featuring inspiring talks, major product announcements, and community showcases from makers, educators, and industry leaders worldwide. Big announcements and […]

A DIY sous vide cooker for making the perfect steak

Reading Time: 2 minutesSous vide (which means “under vacuum” in French) is a cooking technique in which food is sealed in a plastic bag (or another container) and immersed in warm water for a long period of time. It is great for meat, like steak, because it ensures the food is an even temperature throughout. For a steak, […]

Celebrating young tech creators at Coolest Projects Ireland 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesEarlier this month, young creators gathered at the Sport Ireland Campus National Indoor Training Centre in Dublin for Coolest Projects Ireland 2025, an inspiring showcase of creativity, coding, and problem solving. With more than 80 participants sharing over 60 incredible projects, this year’s event highlighted the passion and innovation of young creators from across Northern […]

This Arduino device helps ‘split the G’ on a pint of Guinness

Reading Time: 2 minutesGuinness is one of those beers (specifically, a stout) that people take seriously and the Guinness brand has taken full advantage of that in their marketing. They even sell a glass designed specifically for enjoying their flagship creation, which has led to a trend that the company surely appreciates: “splitting the G.” But that’s difficult […]

Come visit Arduino at Embedded World 2025!

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re gearing up for Embedded World, the leading event for embedded systems, industrial automation, and IoT technology, taking place March 11th-13th in Nuremberg. Visit us in Hall 3A, Booth 313 to explore our latest innovations and experience more live demos than ever, thanks to key collaborations across the industrial landscape. This year, we’re demonstrating just […]

Integrating generative AI into introductory programming classes

Reading Time: 6 minutesGenerative AI (GenAI) tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are rapidly changing how programming is taught and learnt. These tools can solve assignments with remarkable accuracy. GPT-4, for example, scored an impressive 99.5% on an undergraduate computer science exam, compared to Codex’s 78% just two years earlier. With such capabilities, researchers are shifting from asking, […]

A lightweight file server running entirely on an Arduino Nano ESP32

Reading Time: 2 minutesHome file servers can be very useful for people who work across multiple devices and want easy access to their documents. And there are a lot of DIY build guides out there. But most of them are full-fledged NAS (network-attached storage) devices and they tend to rely on single-board computers. Those take a long time […]

This vending machine draws generative art for just a euro

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you hear the term “generative art” today, you probably subconsciously add “AI” to the beginning without even thinking about it. But generative art techniques existed long before modern AI came along — they even predate digital computing altogether. Despite that long history, generative art remains interesting as consumers attempt to identify patterns in the […]

This three-fingered robot hand makes use of serial bus servos

Reading Time: 2 minutesA small startup called K-Scale Labs is in the process of developing an affordable, open-source humanoid robot and Mike Rigsby wanted to build a compatible hand. This three-fingered robot hand is the result, and it makes use of serial bus servos from Waveshare. Most Arduino users are familiar with full-duplex serial communication, which requires two […]

Arduino and System Electronics partner for industrial vision and AI-powered inventory and logistics

Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino and System Electronics are joining forces to create cutting-edge solutions for industrial and building automation, focusing specifically on edge computing to deliver real-time processing, predictive analytics, and seamless integration for AI-driven inventory management and logistics.  System Electronics – as an “Innovation accelerators for over 50 years” – brings to the table the electronics and […]

Experience AI: The story so far

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn April 2023, we launched our first Experience AI resources, developed in partnership with Google DeepMind to support educators to engage their students in learning about the topic of AI. Since then, the Experience AI programme has grown rapidly, reaching thousands of educators all over the world. Read on to find out more about the […]