Raspberry Pi too tasty as huge demand crashes sites
The Pi is about the size of a man’s hand.
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This has been developed to make it possible for every child in school to get one and to learn how to program a computer.
All proceeds from the project are going to charity as the circuitboard was created by volunteers headed by computer technician Eben Upton at Cambridge university in London.
Demand for a new miniature computer designed to interest children in coding sent the websites selling the product crashing earlier today – just hours after it went on sale.
The Raspberry Pi runs from a Linux operating system.The Raspberry Pi – which costs just £22 – is being hailed as a revolutionary new device that could create a new generation of programmers.
It is a rudimentary open circuit board that, once connected to a monitor, mouse and keyboard, works as a conventional computer.
Using this, Pi is designed to get children into computing coding, a trend that was sparked by the BBC Micro and Sinclair Spectrum in the 1980s.
The £22 model on sale today [Wednesday 29/2/12 ] is actually the pricier version of Raspberry Pi – a stripped-down £16 model will go on sale later this year.
The circuitboard can be plugged into older analogue television sets as well as digital counterparts and it harnesses power from mobile phone chargers.
That’s crazy that they want to train kids to be able to program computers! I’m sure adults would be better suited? Plus, adults are the ones that could use this for jobs, not kids!
Lily, i must alter the post. Its to introduce the world of programming to the children and then they might take it up as a job.
Its to small for adults to work with.
Ohh gotcha. I just don’t know about the whole thing though. If I was a child I don’t know if I would be interested in it?
The teens in Lily’s neck of the woods must never play Video games…round here…anyone who has a computer needs a Teenager to keep it going…lol
Paul, take care with Lily she might bite you neck
Its not for playing its to make games etc, programming.
Yes I understood you …”Programing” which, what I meant was Teens and Kids seem to be naturally hard drive equipped for such things….
Now come over and put yer pretty face on my “Weekly Photo Challenge”:distorted post, I’m trying to reach 100 faces on the “Like” Cube before moving on to another post…
As handsome as you are…you will likely attract others…I even put my face on it…Oh, wait, now I know why they stopped coming in…Oh well…
http://sonsothunder.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Done Paul
I bet my 2 yo granddaughter could do it!
ansoyo, my grandson would love one
Oooh, I’m forwarding this to my son, the computer programmer. He started rudimentary computer lessons when he was about 7 or 8 years old. It wet his appetite for more. He took computer classes all the way through high school and majored in computer science engineering in university. He now has two elementary school age kids, who might benefit from the Rasberry thing.
Thanks Lyn, that is the hope that junior school kids will be interested, and its very cheep.
It’s quite mind-boggling how computer technology has evolved in the last 30 years, and how affordable everything is. Thanks for the info on this new device.
GOF, it is indeed, phones,tvs, etc.
Your in my blogrool btw.
Thank you.
Interesting. I’m going to share this on FB if you don’t mind, my brother would probably be interested to read this. Thanks Harry.
Marica, go ahead, its great to see you back in the blogging world after all this time, how are you and are you still taking a break.
I’m fine thankyou Harry. Got mountains to climb in my personal life but lots of positive things going on under the surface. Yes, still taking a break but I am trying to keep up with the blogs that I really enjoy, such as yours
I’m always lurking…
Glad to here that your doing ok, Marcia the lurker
We need as many young programmers as we can get. To keep kids in junior high interested in math, science, and technology may help solve some of the problems us boomers are leaving to them. Great idea! Thanks for sharing about it. Hope they get more soon.
chlost, that is the idea, teach them to use their heads
Everything is going the way of smaller just when my eyesight is requiring BIGGER. Wouldn’t you know it….
Of course, this computer is meant for children and I’m not a child (well not usually)!
Lorna, age gets to us all
hey mate grab your liebster award here ..
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congrats for this !
you write too good
Thank you very much Blink and for your nice comment, two awards in one day
Its an amazing venture, we dont have alot of those in africa, and am sure if kids dont aim at crushing them to reveal whats inside they surely will be helpful.
There are not many about yet because as soon as it went on the web the web site crashed by people wanting to buy them.
I’ll call back at your site and will leave a comment.
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