Thursday 17 October 2013

Effects on Society

Impact on society-

The Raspberry Pi has impacted society, the main reason for this is due to the astonishingly low pricing of it. This means that people who before, had not had enough to purchase a computer, can now buy a Raspberry Pi, allowing them the use of such an item. The raspberry Pi can be used as a stepping stone, the Raspberry Pi, allows for basic coding, which means users young and old can use it to further their computing skills, this is also very useful for people beginning coding. The Raspberry Pi can be used by anybody of any experience, which in effect would mean a closer IT society, as people can share their achievements through the Raspberry Pi, this can be seen in the video below, where accomplishments achieved by the Raspberry Pi can be seen below
In this video we can see  not only the used of the Raspberry Pi, but that this recent IT development creating its own little community, as people with a Raspberry Pi, or an interest, can share with each other,

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Raspberry pi

The Raspberry pi is effectively, a makers dream come true Originally conceived as an educational product for removing as many barriers as possible for teaching people to program, Pi has been popping up in inventive creations to make all kinds of electronic doodads come to life.
Despite its low price and small  size, the Raspberry Pi is an extremely capable machine that can run a number of different functions. These are mostly special versions of Linux, but some have even managed to have hacked Android onto it.
Considering the low price and relatively simple structure, its amazing to see the things people are doing with the raspberry pi device