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Maker Faire: Raspberry Pi

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This is the Raspberry Pi, plugged in to ethernet and power.

The Raspberry Pi is a very small (Altoids-tin-sized), very inexpensive ($35) computer that uses an open source, free operating system and has been embraced by the DIY/hacker community because of its price and versatility.

The Pi was everywhere at Maker Faire this year.

Representatives from the Raspberry Pi nonprofit organization were onsite and spreading the word about all the useful tools on their website. A few of them were:

Other cool things we saw, related to the Pi:

Raspberry Pi User Guide, Third Edition book from Wiley, $25, coming October 2014

PiCade
A mini arcade cabinet kit so you can play old video games using your Raspberry Pi. Kickstarter project that’s already been fully funded.

SmartUPS,
An uuninterruptible power supply for the Raspberry Pi, $65 from OpenElectrons. They sell other cool Pi products at OpenElectrons so check it out.

Slice Media Player
Kickstarter project that has been funded; it runs off a Raspberry Pi and has 2TB of storage, plus it’s small enough to take with you when you travel.

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