[Noisebridge-discuss] [Noisebridge-announce] Raspberry Pi event at Noisebridge, Sat. 29-Sept‏

[Jake]

Me and Lilia used a raspberry pi to log the radiation data coming out of 
the Radcounter that i built, WHILE FLYING.

it's just like a tiny unix computer!  I will bring it to this event and 
show and learn.

-jake

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012, Mitch Altman wrote:

> Come to Noisebridge on Saturday, 29-September, and play with Raspberry Pi!
> When:
>       Workshop / Tech Demos: 11am
>       Talk: 3pm
>       Show & Tell / Prizes: 4pm
> Where:
>      Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., 3rd floor (1.5 blocks from 16th St.
> Mission BART Station)
> Cost:
>      FREE
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> 
> 
> Rob Bishop from the RaspberryPi Foundation is touring popular hackspaces in
> the US throughout September 2012 with the aim of giving talks and workshops
> about the RaspberryPi to both hackspace members and also RaspberryPi users
> in the local community.
> 
> He'll be coming to vi sit Noisebridge on Saturday, 29-September-2012 at 11am
> - 5pm. The event is free, and open to all!
> 
> The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organisation founded with the
> aim of promoting the study of computer science and related topics,
> especially at school level. The Foundation is responsible for the design and
> sales of the popular RaspberryPi single-board computer. You can find out
> more about the Foundation and the RaspberryPi at the Raspberry Pi website.
> 
> The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the RaspberryPi website and we hope to
> attract RaspberryPi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from across the areas we
> will be visiting, allowing us to meet and support our community.
> 
> The Noisebridge event will be very informal and will consist of the
> following;
> 
> Workshop / Tech Demos (11am-3pm)
> 
> Rob will be giving a demonstration of the latest developments with the Pi as
> well as bringing a number of Pi's for people to play with hands-on.
> 
> This will give people a great opportunity to get advice from the Foundation
> and get help kickstarting Pi-based projects.
> 
> There will be a limited number of Raspberry Pi's for sale at Noisebridge.
> But to ensure you're not disappointed by lack of availability, you can buy a
> Raspberry Pi in advance -- Rob says that there is now plenty of stock at MCM
> Electronics (http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi).
> 
> Talk (3pm)
> 
> RaspberryPi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the RaspberryPi,
> including an overview of its history and development, details on the
> technical specification and an outline of futu re developments. Followed by
> a Q&A session.
> 
> Show & Tell / Prizes (4pm)
> 
> A chance for people who have started/completed projects based on the Pi to
> bring them along to do a show and tell, with prizes being given out for the
> most awesome ones shown.
> 
> 
> Noisebridge wiki page: https://noisebridge.net/wiki/RaspberryPiEvent
> 
> 
> Mitch.
> 
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