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PINET: A CLASS NETWORK Join us as we speak to 18-year-old Andrew Mulholland about PiNet – an ingenious creation that can make a classroom full of Pis easy to manage

We learn more about this fabulous creation of artificial intelligence using the Raspberry Pi

In a fabulous display of tinkering, Robert Doerr has built an entire Pi robot out of his Raspberry Pi case

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Graham Gelding’s fully fledged cocktail arcade cabinet is a sight to behold. We salute you!

LifeBox 22

PiPlateBot 24

Coffee Table Pi 26

YOUR PROJECTS

> BUILD AN INTERNET RADIO 34Join Dr Simon Monk for more Everyday Engineering fun!

> COMMAND LINE PI (PART 5) 38Learn more command-line skills with Richard Smedley

> CUSTOMISE RASPBIAN APPS 40Simon Long finishes his hacking series. Sad face

> GET STARTED WITH ULTRABORG 42 Make your servos move with a mere flick of the wrist

> HANDS-ON WITH ASTRO PI 44 Take scientific measurements with the ISS-bound HAT

> MIKE’S PI BAKERY: PI SPRINTER 46Author and hacker Mike Cook gets your feet moving

> GAMES WITH PYTHON (PART 5) 50Get to grips with audio with this Pygame-based soundboard

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YOUR AMAZING RASPBERRY PI PROJECTS We love to hear what you do with the Raspberry Pi. Here are some of our favourites

ContentsIssue 35 July 2015 raspberrypi.org/magpi

COVER FEATURETUTORIALS

16> NEWS 6Keep up to date with the biggest stories from the world of Pi

> BOOK REVIEWS 62The latest computer books reviewed and rated

> COMMUNITY EVENTS 64Find a community gathering near you in the coming weeks

> THE FINAL WORD 68Matt Richardson talks about his recent Maker Faire visit

> FUZE BASIC V3 56> PI SUPPLY PAPIRUS 57> EXAGEAR DESKTOP 58

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We catch up with high-altitude balloonist Dave Akerman, to learn about his many jaunts to the edge of space

Naturebytes tells us more about the

Raspberry Pi camera kit that’s just

hit Kickstarter

We speak to the creator of a new Pygame wrapper designed to make coding games with Python child’s play

SPACED OUT WITH DAVE AKERMAN

KICKSTARTING THE WILDLIFE CAM KIT

PYGAME ZERO: GAMES MADE EASY

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