Almost vaguely related to A4A, but not really :) The RaspberryPi is a credit card sized computer launched today which will revolutionise computing worldwide, and especially educationj
Best of British & based in Cambridge
£21 - £21 - £21 and just attach your screen/tv, keyboard etc
Check www.raspberrypi.org (http://www.raspberrypi.org)
If you like it, why not vote @ http://www.thegreatexhibition2012.co.uk/greats/raspberry-pi (http://www.thegreatexhibition2012.co.uk/greats/raspberry-pi)
I can't help thinking that this is what I had as a kid, only it was called a ZX81 in those days.
Due to huge demand the website is off! Does not bode well! However, as a tool to teach kids how to programme it sounds great, would quite like to learn myself, and am definitely NOT a kid!
Quote from: katynewbie on February 29, 2012, 15:13:23
Due to huge demand the website is off! Does not bode well! However, as a tool to teach kids how to programme it sounds great, would quite like to learn myself, and am definitely NOT a kid!
The website went down after an item about it on radio4 this morning. The other great thing about it is that it's produced by a charity.
I ordered one from Farnell on Saturday. It may be a week or two before delivery. In the meantime I've been writing Debian 6 (ARM version) to a SD card so I'm ready to plug and go.