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Creating a classroom quiz machine with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating a classroom quiz machine with Arduino Arduino Team — November 14th, 2017 Quiz games, where contestants try to “buzz” in and answer questions make for fun televised game shows, but they can also be great for making learning fun. In order to avoid paying several hundred dollars for an official quiz…
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Android Pay goes local in Ukraine, Czech Republic, Brazil and SlovakiaAndroid Pay goes local in Ukraine, Czech Republic, Brazil and Slovakia
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhenever we launch Android Pay in a new market, we think about how to enable faster, easier checkout while taking into account the distinct payment habits of each place. Working with partners is a key part of creating a local experience. A few weeks ago, we launched Android Pay in Ukraine. Today,…
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Android Pay goes local in Ukraine, Czech Republic, Brazil and SlovakiaAndroid Pay goes local in Ukraine, Czech Republic, Brazil and SlovakiaPali Bhat, VP of Product Management, Payments
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhenever we launch Android Pay in a new market, we think about how to enable faster, easier checkout while taking into account the distinct payment habits of each place. Working with partners is a key part of creating a local experience. A few weeks ago, we launched Android Pay in Ukraine. Today,…
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Physical computing blocks at Maker Faire New York
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt events like Maker Faire New York, we love offering visitors the chance to try out easy, inviting, and hands-on activities, so we teamed up with maker Ben Light to create interactive physical computing blocks. Raspberry Blocks FINAL In response to the need for hands-on, easy and inviting activities at events such…
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Star Wars fan builds an Arduino-powered R4-P17 replica
Reading Time: 2 minutesStar Wars fan builds an Arduino-powered R4-P17 replica Arduino Team — November 13th, 2017 Alejandro Clavijo, together with his father Jerónimo, spent two years building the first official fan-made model of the R4-P17 Star Wars droid. For those not familiar with this family of droids, R4-P17 was the robot companion to the…
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Unlock your superpowers with Android Pay and Justice LeagueUnlock your superpowers with Android Pay and Justice LeaguePali Bhat, VP of Product Management, Payments
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you use Android Pay today, you’re in for a surprise. Like our beloved animations of space explorers, Halloween haunts, and Wimbledon players in the past, five of our Android bots have channeled their superpowers to become Justice League Super Heroes in celebration of the movie. Starting in the next few days…
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Unlock your superpowers with Android Pay and Justice LeagueUnlock your superpowers with Android Pay and Justice League
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you use Android Pay today, you’re in for a surprise. Like our beloved animations of space explorers, Halloween haunts, and Wimbledon players in the past, five of our Android bots have channeled their superpowers to become Justice League Super Heroes in celebration of the movie. Starting in the next few days…
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Community Profile: Matthew Timmons-Brown
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis column is from The MagPi issue 57. You can download a PDF of the full issue for free, or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet. All proceeds from the print and digital editions help the Raspberry Pi Foundation achieve its charitable…
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Desafío STEM + Arduino Podcast [Español]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDesafío STEM + Arduino Podcast [Español] Arduino Team — November 13th, 2017 Con el fin de apoyar a los nuevos participantes del Desafío STEM 2017, Arduino y Telefónica se han unido para crear una serie de tres podcast, abiertos al público en general, conducidos por David Cuartielles. Desafío STEM es un concurso…
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Computing in schools: the report card
Reading Time: 4 minutesToday the Royal Society published After the Reboot, a report card on the state of computing education in UK schools. It’s a serious piece of work, published with lots of accompanying research and data, and well worth a read if you care about these issues (which, if you’re reading this blog, I…
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Mini Strandbeest goes electric with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMini Strandbeest goes electric with Arduino Arduino Team — November 9th, 2017 Strandbeests, as originally conceived, are gigantic PVC creatures that walk across the sand under wind power. While building one is certainly an enormous undertaking, smaller models are available that let you experience this strange kinetic motion in a more…
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The Magic of Harry Potter is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlmost five years ago Niantic launched Ingress, our first augmented reality mobile game, turning real-world streets, neighborhoods and cities into a global game board, and bringing people together in a shared digital reality. The incentives it created for exploration, exercise, and real-world social interaction helped spawn a global community of fans, united…
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SOUTH PARK™: PHONE DESTROYER™ AB SOFORT VERFÜGBAR
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn South Park: Phone Destroyer nehmen die Spieler die Rolle des namenlosen „Neuen“ an und verbünden sich mit den bekannten South Park-Charakteren, um mit Cowboys, Piraten, Cyborgs und sogar allmächtigen Göttern zu spielen. Voll mit Spaß, actiongeladenen Kämpfen und dem markentypischen, derben South Park-Humor erstellen und verbessern die Spieler ihr allmächtiges…
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Build a Flick-controlled marble maze
Reading Time: 3 minutesWiggle your fingers to guide a ball through a 3D-printed marble maze using the Pi Supply Flick board for Raspberry Pi! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah Using the Flick, previously seen in last week’s Hacker House’s gesture-controlled holographic visualiser, South Africa–based Tom Van den Bon has created a touch-free marble maze. He was…
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piwheels: making “pip install” fast
Reading Time: 6 minutesTL;DR pip install numpy used to take ages, and now it’s super fast thanks to piwheels. The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a package repository for Python modules. Members of the Python community publish software and libraries in it as an easy method of distribution. If you’ve ever used pip install, PyPI…
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Maker Faire Rome 2017: Call for Volunteers
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaker Faire Rome 2017: Call for Volunteers Arduino Team — November 7th, 2017 Planning on attending Maker Faire Rome next month? We’re currently seeking volunteers to join our team during the event—staffing tables and displays, leading one-on-one workshops and demos, and providing technical assistance when necessary. If you volunteer with us for one shift, you…
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Using taxies to monitor air quality in Peru
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen James Puderer moved to Lima, Peru, his roadside runs left a rather nasty taste in his mouth. Hit by the pollution from old diesel cars in the area, he decided to monitor the air quality in his new city using Raspberry Pis and the abundant taxies as his tech carriers. Taxi…
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Simple Computer Gesture Control with Arduino and Python
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSimple Computer Gesture Control with Arduino and Python Arduino Team — November 6th, 2017 As outlined in this Circuit Digest write-up, with the right hardware, you can now control your computer using hand gestures. While interesting, this kind of technology can be a little expensive. But if you’d like to augment your notebook…
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Use all your old-school game controllers with the turn of a dial
Reading Time: 2 minutesUse all your old-school game controllers with the turn of a dial Arduino Team — November 6th, 2017 IT professional (and Arduino cap fan) John Milner had a minor problem. While his retro gaming setup could emulate a wide variety of systems and games, it was still missing the tactile feedback of the…
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HackSpace: a new magazine for makers
Reading Time: 2 minutesHackSpace is the new monthly magazine for people who love to make things and those who want to learn. Grab some duct tape, fire up a microcontroller, ready a 3D printer and hack the world around you! This is HackSpace magazine! HackSpace is the new monthly magazine for the modern maker. Learn…
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Linux support comes to Arduino Create
Reading Time: 2 minutesLinux support comes to Arduino Create Arduino Team — November 3rd, 2017 We’re excited to announce a new update to the Arduino Create web platform, which will enable fast and easy development and deployment of IoT applications with integrated cloud services on Linux-based devices. What this means is that users will be able…
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Gladys Project: a Raspberry Pi home assistant
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf, like me, you’re a pretty poor time-keeper with the uncanny ability to never get up when your alarm goes off and yet still somehow make it to work just in time — a little dishevelled, brushing your teeth in the office bathroom — then you too need Gladys. Raspberry Pi home…