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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Raspberry Pi

Yesterday was the launch of Raspberry Pi. Now, when I first heard about this new computer a couple of months ago I was a little sceptical, maybe it was down to my extremely non technical dad always getting blackberrys and apples muddled up with raspberrys (the phones i'm referring to here,) but I may now have been converted. And that's all down to a radio interview with a 14 year old boy who has been completed inspired by this £22 computer. For those that may not have heard of it, the Raspberry Pi is credit card size, and is intended to inspire a new generation of schoolchildren to learn to program. Raspberry Pi is a charitable foundation set up by an engineer who found it worrying how many people didn't see seem to know what a computer really was or how it worked. When I asked myself that question - I know what a computer is but I really wouldn't know how it works. Perhaps I need to invest in one.
Many suggest we are moving into a world that will eventually be controlled by computers so to be able to control a few of those computers ourselves may be very beneficial indeed! This may even be the catalysit the UK needs to regenerise the British computing industry. I'll be watching Raspberry Pi's journey with interest.
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown1 March 2012 at 23:39

    I've been following this story for a while and think it's a great idea. IT in schools is dull as dishwater. But learn to programme and it opens a whole new world of creativity which we so need. Wonderful initiative.

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  2. Flipflop6 March 2012 at 04:38

    hmmmmm, I agree that children should be introduced to the fundamentals of computers (i.e. how they work and not just the raft of games they seem so obsessed with) however I think I'd be much more excited at the launch of some new outdoor game to get them back out in the garden and parks....it's an ongoing battle with the children of today to get them off the sofa and away from the huge choice of electronic entertainment gadgets.

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  3. Dave Wilson26 March 2012 at 10:02

    Why flipflop I agree!
    There's has to be balance between digital and organic and tactile pursuits. i was in a park in London a couple of weekends ago and I almost wept when I saw these groups of children playing different games, the older ones playing football and the younger just literally skipping around. There was communication, there was interaction and there was fun.

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