{"id":1580,"date":"2012-05-18T13:32:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2012-05-18T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:32:50","slug":"pi-and-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1580","title":{"rendered":"Pi and Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I managed to place my order for a Raspberry Pi<\/a>. For those of you who don’t know what that it is, it’s –<\/p>\n

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… a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It\u2019s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

– from their website.<\/p>\n

They w\"\"ant kids to get back into using computers to make their own programmes like many of today’s software engineers did when they were kids on the Spectrum<\/a> or the BBC B<\/a>. In fact it can be seen as a kind of successor to the Beeb, as the company that produced them, Acorn, were responsible for the ARM architecture the chip on the Pi uses!<\/p>\n

When I was looking on their site the other day, I came across this article <\/a>about Boreatton Scouts <\/a>who had managed to get hold of one early on and were using it for a robotics competition. They seem to be a very techy Troop and have had a fun time using it.<\/p>\n

I’m very impressed with what the Troop are doing with the Pi, not to mention the more ‘normal’ Scouting activities. I think it will be worth keeping an eye on how they get on and maybe this could be something we can do as well.<\/p>\n

I wonder if any other Troops are looking at using a Pi in their programmes?<\/p>\n

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Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I managed to place my order for a Raspberry Pi. For those of you who don’t know what that it is, it’s – … a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It\u2019s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC … <\/p>\n

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