Kategorie: Technology
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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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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…
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Why we chose Claude for the Arduino Cloud AI Assistant
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe know that introducing AI into your coding environment comes with questions – about safety, accuracy, privacy, and trust. That’s why we want to be transparent about how we built the recently-announced Arduino AI Assistant in the Cloud IDE, and why we chose to power it with Claude by Anthropic, available via…
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Build the Ultimate Media Centre in Raspberry Pi Official Magazine
Reading Time: 3 minutesTake control of your home video, television and music, with a media centre build based on Raspberry Pi. Your film collection deserves the best! Trees are brilliant! They capture carbon, they keep urban streets cool, their roots slow down erosion, they provide habitat for millions of other life forms, and loads more.…
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This 1D camera captures 2D images of things it can’t see
Reading Time: 2 minutesYes, the title of this article sounds pretty crazy. But not only is it entirely possible through the lens of physics, but it is also practical to achieve in the real world using affordable parts. Jon Bumstead pulled it off with an Arduino, a photoresistor, and an inexpensive portable projector. Today’s digital…
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Win! One of five Sense HAT V2 bundles
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSony Watchman cyberdeck 23 days ago. From 1982 to 2000 Sony also made a line of pocket TVs, which didn’t catch on as much in the UK (who wants to walk around glued to a tiny portable screen, eh?). These devices, collectively called the Sony Watchman, came in many, many variants…
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Arduino Cloud Café: Teach real coding concepts with Arduino AI Assistant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you an educator looking to make coding easier and faster to teach? Join Andrea Richetta, Principal Product Evangelist at Arduino, and Roxana Escobedo, EDU Product Marketing Specialist, for a special Arduino Cloud Café live webinar on July 7th at 5PM CET. You will discover how the new AI Assistant in…
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Adapting our computing curriculum resources for Kenya — the journey so far
Reading Time: 4 minutesYoung people everywhere deserve a high-quality computing education. But what a high-quality computing education looks like differs depending on a learner’s culture, context, and the existing provision in the country they live in. Therefore, adapting our educational resources for a range of contexts is a key part of our work at the…
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This novel wearable provides touchless haptic feedback for VR typing
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne reason that fans prefer mechanical keyboards over membrane alternatives is that mechanical key switches provide a very noticeable tactile sensation at the moment a key press registers. Whether consciously or not, users notice that and stop pressing the key all the way through the maximum travel — reducing strain and RSI…