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Wherefore Raspberry Pi?: Eben Upton at TEDGlobal 2013

Wherefore Raspberry Pi?: Eben Upton at TEDGlobal 2013

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Fifteen months ago, a small device called Raspberry Pi was put on the market. Despite the glut of gleaming, do-everything devices available today, this credit-card sized, £25, Linux-run computer with nothing but a microprocessor, 512MB RAM, some ports and an SD card slot has sold more than 1 mllion pieces since its launch. What’s it []

Tech Impact: The speakers in session 11 at TEDGlobal 2013

Tech Impact: The speakers in session 11 at TEDGlobal 2013

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Technology is such an integral part of everyday life, it can be hard to remember how far we’ve come — and how fast. This session at TEDGlobal 2013 introduces a cadre of technological innovators who are helping to change the world yet further–and thinking about the implications of technology on society at large. Here are []

TED Global newsmakers: Raspberry Pi goes to space

TED Global newsmakers: Raspberry Pi goes to space

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A raspberry has now gone where no raspberry has (presumably) gone before. The photo of the Earth’s curvature above was not taken with an expensive camera aboard a rocket. No, it was taken using a Raspberry Pi — the $25 single-board computer — and a Raspberry Pi camera, a new low-cost peripheral that started shipping []