What are some of the best use of Raspberry Pi in education?

Quite honestly, I can’t think of many good such uses. There is little to be learned by simply plugging one in and seeing it run. It isn’t especially easy or instructive as a trainer system for interfacing to real-world devices. read more

This micro smart home is a perfect example of how the Pi can be used in a scaled up smart home scenario too, using OpenHAB Getting Started with OpenHAB Home Automation on Raspberry Pi Getting Started with OpenHAB Home Automation on Raspberry Pi OpenHAB is a mature, open source home automation platform that runs on a variety of hardware and is protocol agnostic, meaning it can connect to nearly any home automation hardware on the market today. read more