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Decryption machine reproduction with a Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi #piday...
Fantastic project from Simon Jesen, via raspberrypipod. For those who haven’t been following the whole project basically I reverse engineered then build my own desktop version of the Bletchley Park...
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Get Started with Python #makereducation
Great instructable from user EvolvedAwesome for those who want to get started with python. Programming is awesome! It’s creative, its fun and its gives your brain a mental workout. Many of us want to...
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Pedestrian Crossing Project using Python on Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi #piday...
Awesome project and write up from Giles Booth! In this project you will make a pedestrian crossing with 1 set of traffic lights and a push button, and learn how to connect your Raspberry Pi to lights...
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From Code Talkers to Code Writers: Intel Invests in Computer Science and...
Great initiative from intel. Recruited in 1942 to develop and use a secret code based on the Navajo language, the Navajo Code Talkers’ courage and ingenuity saved thousands of American lives and...
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From the Forums: Script for onion pi that makes TOR setup a one-liner #piday...
Thanks to cmoncur from the Adafruit forums for sharing this! Check out more here. I created an easy-to-follow and all-inclusive Tor script and tutorial for the Raspberry Pi which allows you to install...
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How a team of 2 won $5000 at a Facebook hackathon without a single line of code
OCP Hackathon Winner: The Codeless Hack from mrandrewandrade.com/blog This a cross post from the Open Compute Project official blog Our second blog post about the OCP Summit’s hardware hackathon comes...
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Reverse Engineering Hello World
Via Big Mess O’ Wires. Want to know more about how assembly code works, and how Windows executable programs are put together? I thought it would be fun to write a “hello world” program in C, and then...
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Using a RPi to Control an RGB LED @Raspberry_pi #piday #raspberrypi
Handy tutorial for beginner pi users, via instructables user michaelkouznetsov. This tutorial will be bare-basics, the idea being that you could use this tutorial as your first project in order to get...
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What Happens Before main()
Via Big Mess o’ Wires Did you know that a C program’s main() function is not the first code to be run? Depending on the program and the compiler, there are all kinds of interesting and complex...
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A Handmade Executable File
Via Big Mess o’ Wires. Make a Windows program by stuffing bytes into a buffer and writing it to disk: no compiler, no assembler, no linker, no nothing! It was the obvious conclusion of my recent...
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Automate the boring stuff with Python – great book for beginners #makereducation
via boingboing. When I was a mechanical engineer in the late 1980s I used Microsoft QuickBASIC to write and create simple programs for work. I loved it. It was a compiled BASIC, too, so it was speedy....
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Raspberry Pi Data Logging Tutorial @Raspberry_Pi #piday #raspberrypi
Super handy tutorial from instructables user AdrieSentosa. In this project, we will learn how to logging data from Raspberry Pi using Python and Excel which collect data and save the output of the...
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Next Week! Hour of Code – Join the largest learning event in history, Dec....
We’re getting pumped for one of our favorite events of the year – Hour of Code! It’s an international education initiative from Code.org and a part of computer science education week. Get involved or...
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Get involved with #HourOfCode with these awesome activities from Code...
Looking for some fun #HourOfCode activities? Here’s a great place to start! From CodeAcademy. There’s a lot to learn when it comes to coding. How do you know where to start? Don’t worry, we’ve got you...
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Code.org CEO: Coding Provided ‘Order Amidst Chaos’ as Bombs Fell Near My Home...
In celebration of Hour of Code, check out this interview with Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi from Entrepreneur. Hadi Partovi, 43, remembers when he got hooked on coding. He was 10 and bombs were falling...
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Time Travel Tuesday #timetravel a look back at the Adafruit, maker, science,...
1765 – Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin is born. Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the...
View ArticleThe 2015 Hour of Code is here, with 191,000 events around the world! #HourOfCode
2015 Hour of Code is here! Challenge yourself, your classroom, your child, or a friend to learn something new this week. Learn to code with Minecraft, Star Wars, or 50 other options for every age,...
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#HourOfCode Resources for Scratch #makereducation
Get your code on with these wonderful Hour of Code resources from Scratch. Want tips and ideas for these Hour of Code activities? Use the activity cards to get ideas for creating with Scratch....
View ArticleTutorial for audio playback, mixing, and more using Teensy
Really great video tutorial from Paul Stoffregen – check it out here and more info here. Use these times to skip to any parts within this long video: 1:55 Part 1-1 & 1-2 Software & Hardware...
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Young, geeky and black in Memphis #makereducation
Great piece from BBC News about the importance of diverse role models in the tech world, with a focus on black women making strides in the Memphis area. Facebook has more than one billion users and...
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