Wifi Raspberry Pi Radio running Pandora

Hi there, I’m Benet Hitchcock from the Christchurch Raspberry Jam.

There’s much hype around the humble Raspberry Pi but what is it, how does it work and of what use may it be to the humanities?

The Raspberry Pi started out as a low-cost tool to encourage kids to play with code and get behind the touchscreens and 1080p displays. This new device and form factor had the unexpected side effect of being a huge hit with the Maker and Hacker communities and it is now being used as part of weather stations, anonymous file sharing networks, retro gaming machines, robots, home automation, art installations, electronic gateways at gyms and home entertainment systems just to name a few uses. I even set one up tonight to turn off my wife’s hair straightener in the bathroom when she forgets.

I’d be more than happy to help facilitate making, playing, talking or teaching around this.

Cheers,
Benet.