Raspberry Pi

Upgraded Raspberry Pi 3 delivers more power and faster networking

Despite selling over 14 million of its low-cost DIY computing boards, the Raspberry Pi Foundation adheres to a slow release cycle. The company typically waits over a year to refresh its range, and even then improvements can be very subtle. That's exactly the case with its flagship board, the …

How to build something "useful" with a Raspberry Pi

In honor of Pi Day, Chaim Gartenberg and I cooked up a tiny little Raspberry Pi project for yesterday’s episode of <i>Circuit Breaker Live</i>.<p>We started with a simple concept: a button that says “Why?” when you press it, in honor of our favorite podcast. So we knew we’d need a button, some sound files, a …

Stop celebrating Pi Day, and embrace Tau as the true circle constant

Pi Day is a lie day<p>Today is Pi Day, perhaps the most popular of geeky holidays. But I’m here to tell you that Pi Day is wrong — or rather, the entire idea of pi as a mathematical concept is wrong.<p>It’s easy enough to see why people like Pi Day: the whole thing starts with a mathematical pun of sorts …

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ boosts speed but keeps $35 price

It’s been a couple of years since Raspberry Pi 3 Model B was first launched, so it’s just about time for an updated model. Today, the folks behind …

Unique Raspberry Pi Hardware to Celebrate Pi Day

It’s Pi Day! That’s 3.14 for those of you counting. It has become a tradition to geek out about Raspberry Pi each year on this date. Let’s take a …

New Raspberry Pi adds 5GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, and more MHz | Ars Technica

Keeps the same form factor and $35 price.<p>The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new version of its modular compute platform: the Raspberry Pi 3 …

Anker Amazon Pi Day Sale has iPhone X cases under $5, top-rated charging gear, more

Anker has launched a new sale in honor of Pi Day at its Amazon storefront. You’ll find iPhone cases, screen protectors, car mounts and more all available here today. Most of these offers run through the week and some require item-specific promo codes to lock-in the price. As always, Anker has …

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18 Math Jokes to Get Every Nerd Through Pi Day

Photo: Shutterstock<p>Celebrating Pi Day? Try one of these hilarious math jokes!<p>Like my favourite middle-school <b>teacher</b> always said: The problem with …

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Microsoft cuts laptop prices by up to 31.4 percent to celebrate Pi Day

Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. For more information, see our ethics policy.<p>Microsoft is celebrating Pi Day for the fourth year in a row with discounts on laptops and …

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Pi Day: Creamy Chocolate Coconut Pie

It’s one of our favorite days of the year, when Mathletes everywhere rejoice in celebration of our favorite mathematical constant, Pi. It’s not …

Monitor Your Internet of Things Projects And Internet Connection Using The Monitor-io

If you would like to monitor the broadband service your Internet provider offers through their connection to your home network. You may be interested …

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Raspberry Pi Model B+ arrives just in time for Pi Day

To date, over 19 million Raspberry Pi computers have been sold. Out of which, the Raspberry Pi 3 accounts for over 9 million units. Now, a new …

Stephen Hawking's death converges with Pi Day, Einstein's birthday

In what may be regarded as an astounding coincidence, famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died on Pi Day, March 14, the day each year when scientists and mathematicians celebrate the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.<p>March 14 also marks the birthday of Albert Einstein, who …

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How to set up your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

This video walks you through everything you need to know about how to get your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ up and running.<p>This is the latest board in the …

Faster Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Launches

The updated board adds a faster processor, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet while retaining the $35 price point.<p>PCMag reviews products independently, but we may …

Sonore microRendu Streaming Music Player and Signature Series Linear Power Supply

The Sonore microRendu falls on the less expensive end of the price spectrum for streaming music players, but still brings remarkable capabilities to …

Dive into DIY robotics with this Raspberry Pi training

Raspberry Pi is a small but powerful microcomputer capable of programming with languages like Scratch and Python as well as interacting with Internet …

One-off bike is as sweet as Pi

If you didn't know already, March 14th is Pi Day, as in 3/14 or 3.14. In observance of the occasion, Amsterdam-based "international ideas company" WE …

LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.4 Kodi-focused Linux distro is ready for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

If you want a convenient solution for playing media, Kodi should be at the top of your list. The free and open source media center is cross-platform, …

Raspberry Pi 3B+ - HackSpace magazine

Block web adverts with Pi-hole<p>Make the most of the 3B+’s faster networking<p>Most people these days run a home network with a router distributing a …

Pi was almost 6.28...

Happy pi day! Today we think of pi as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter (3.14...). But in the olden days (and even today) some …

Vi on Pi

It’s Pi Day. And that means an annual 3/14 rant from the amazing, the talented, the alternatively wired, Vi Hart. In this year’s pi rant, Vi contemplates the implications of pi actually being 3.1418… (instead of 3.1415…).<p>I love Vi’s Pi Day posts so much, Pi Day has become synonymous with Vi Day to …

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ features improves processor and networking

Updated microcomputer offers refinements based on real-world uses.<p>The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released an updated version of the Raspberry Pi 3, …

The Morning After: Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.<p>RIP Stephen Hawking.<p>Pictured on a Zero Gravity Corp 'vomit comet' trip in 2007.Stephen Hawking passes away at age 76<p>The famed physicist and cosmologist was diagnosed with motor neurone disease 55 years ago, and at the time, doctors predicted he had two years to …

Happy Pi Day! What you might not know about the number that never ends

Here are some fun facts for those looking to celebrate math's big day<p>It's not every day the world breaks out desserts to celebrate math, but March …

Couples Are Getting Married At &Pizza For Pi Day

At least five couples are getting married at &pizza in the East Village on Wednesday for Pi Day<p>ASTOR PLACE, NY — Five couples are getting married in …

14 Pies for All Those Mathletes Celebrating a Certain Never-Ending Number

I was never a fan of math class, with its concrete “right” and “wrong” answers—I preferred the subjectivity of writing essays or interpreting a novel. But there was one day every year where I looked forward to talking about numbers: Pi Day.<p>Probably dreamed up by a hungry mathematician, Pi Day …

Hackable Raspberry Pi Switch HAT With Remote Control

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts might be interested in a new Raspberry Pi Switch HAT created by Andrew Lai that allows users to easily remote control a wide …

March 14 is Pi Day — here's what that means

Happy π day!<p>March 14, when written out in the American date style of month/day, comes out as 3/14. That coincides with the three first digits of π: 3.14.<p>π is one of the most important numbers in math. As you may recall from basic geometry, π is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to …

A math problem for Pi Day

<i>Satyan Linus Devadoss is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a professor of applied mathematics and computer science at the University of San Diego.</i><p>As a mathematician, I have dreams about Pi Day : Strangers would offer me flowers, give up their seats on the subway and even let me cut …