Kategorie: Technology
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This robot picks locks using brains instead of brawn
Reading Time: 2 minutesA physical lock, like what secures your front door, has a finite and calculable number of combinations, just like a digital keypad does. There are a set number of pins in the lock and each can be one of a set number of lengths. Each of those numbers varies based on manufacturer…
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Dive into satellite IoT with the new Arduino-compatible Iridium Certus 9704 Development Kit
Reading Time: 3 minutesIoT (Internet of Things) devices can be very useful, but they do, by definition, require internet access. That’s easy enough when Wi-Fi® is available, and it is even possible to rely on LoRa® and cellular data connections to transmit data outside of urban areas. However, deploying an IoT device to a truly…
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Bentobot
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile making fun robots with his online friends, Thomas wanted them to try them out. As is common these days, his friends are scattered around the globe, so his solution was to create a “simple app” so they could control the robots remotely. “Word spread quickly, and soon people from around the…
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Essential tips to integrate computer science into your lessons: Teacher tips from CSTA 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn our latest podcast miniseries, we spoke to educators live from the CSTA 2025 annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio, to hear their top tips for integrating computer science (CS) into other subjects. Hello World editor, Meg Wang and the team met teachers in the exhibit hall for real-time reflections and essential teacher…
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Giving back through Code Club: Meet Douglas
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe love hearing from members of the community and sharing the stories of amazing young people, volunteers, and educators who are using their passion for technology to create positive change in the world around them. Growing up in Mathare, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements, Douglas experienced first-hand what it meant to…
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Alvik Fight Club: A creative twist on coding, competition, and collaboration
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat happens when you hand an educational robot to a group of developers and ask them to build something fun? At Arduino, you get a multiplayer robot showdown that’s part battle, part programming lesson, and entirely Alvik. The idea for Alvik Fight Club first came to life during one of our internal…
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Code, karaoke, and creativity: Meet Matthew
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe love hearing from members of the community and sharing stories of amazing young people, volunteers, and educators who are using their passion for technology to create positive change in the world around them. It’s especially inspiring to hear about young people who are not only passionate about technology, but who are…
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Concept Bytes’ coffee table tracks people and walks itself across a room when called
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe term “mmWave” refers to radio waves with wavelengths on the millimeter scale. When it comes to wireless communications technology, like 5G, mmWave allows for very fast data transfer — though that comes at the expense of range. But mmWave technology also has some very useful sensing and scanning applications, which you…
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Building a Wi-Fi robot controller that accepts voice commands
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe whole point of a robot is that it can operate without direct control input from an operator. Except there are many exceptions and it isn’t uncommon for roboticists and operators to require direct control. The Tinkering Techie needed to add that capability to his rover robot and built his own Wi-Fi…
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Hello World 27 out now: Integrated computer science
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile in some countries, such as England, computing is taught as a standalone subject, in others, like the USA, computing concepts are integrated across the school curriculum. In our brand-new issue of Hello World, out today for free, educators share ways to integrate computer science into your classroom. Integrating CS to broaden…
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CNC water cooling and the PiPod
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe PiPod uses a USB DAC, components that enable the battery to work (including a battery charge module, battery protection circuit, and a battery indicator module), a Waveshare 4-inch DPI Square Capacitive Screen 720 × 720, and a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Oh, and a 3D printer and about 500g of…
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This automatic emergency braking system protects RC cars
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is a story as old as time (or at least the 1960s): kid gets an RC car for Christmas and excitedly takes it for spin, but crashes it into a wall within five minutes and tears ensue. The automotive industry has cut down on accidents by implementing automatic emergency braking safety…
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Begin your Code Club journey: Set up a club today
Reading Time: 4 minutesInspired to set up a Code Club but not sure where to start? In this blog we hear from the amazing network of Code Club leaders and mentors, and we give you practical tips on how to take the first steps to set up your own club. About Code Club Code Club…
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New to coding? Resources to help children learn to code
Reading Time: 5 minutesHere at the Raspberry Pi Foundation we believe ensuring every child knows how to code will equip them with the skills to thrive in the future. But what do we mean by coding and how can you get started? Coding is how humans give instructions to computers. Machines process and execute these…
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This unique electronic toy helps children learn their shapes
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt isn’t a secret that many kids find math to be boring and it is easy for them to develop an attitude of “when am I ever going to use this?” But math is incredibly useful in the real world, from blue-collar machinists using trigonometry to quantum physicists unveiling the secrets of…
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A Code Club in every school and library
Reading Time: 5 minutesToday we are starting a campaign to support every school and library in the UK to set up a free Code Club to make sure that all young people can develop the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in the age of AI. Over the past decade, Code Club has provided…
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Coolest Projects 2025: Where 11,980 young tech creators shared their ideas
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom AI-powered inventions to eco-friendly gadgets, young creators from around the world have once again amazed us at this year’s Coolest Projects online showcase. An incredible 11,980 participants from 41 countries shared 5,952 tech projects in our online gallery, and every single one showed creativity and commitment to learning something new. Coolest…
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This machine automatically scans books from cover to cover
Reading Time: 2 minutesHard data is hard to find, but roughly 100 million books were published prior to the 21st century. Of those, a significant portion were never available in a digital format and haven’t yet been digitized, which means their content is effectively inaccessible to most people today. To bring that content into the…
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The PlatypusBot is a TurtleBot3-inspired robot built from vacuum cleaner parts
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all love the immense convenience provided by robot vacuum cleaners, but what happens when they get too old to function? Rather than throwing it away, Milos Rasic from element14 Presents wanted to extract the often-expensive components and repurpose them into an entirely new robot, inspired by the TurtleBot3: the PlatypusBot. Rasic…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 04 Reloaded – Full Debriefing
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FragPunk Season 2 Brings Transformative Updates, Including a New Lancer
Reading Time: 6 minutesCategory: Games June 26, 2025 FragPunk Season 2 Brings Transformative Updates, Including a New Lancer Jeff HuMarketing Manager, Bad Guitar Studio Summary Introducing FragPunk Season 2: Rising Tempest, a transformative update surging into the free-to-play 5v5 hero shooter today. Season 2 includes a new Lancer, Hurricane, new maps, new Shard Cards, game…
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Experience CS: A free integrated curriculum for computer science
Reading Time: 4 minutesExperience CS is a brand-new, free, integrated computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school educators and anyone working with students aged 8 to 14. A key design principle for Experience CS is that any educator can use it. You don’t need a computer science qualification or previous experience in teaching computer…
