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Monday, 5 March 2012
DAT203: Idea for kiosk platform: Raspberry Pi
Since the release of the miniature Raspberry Pi system last week, this has given an idea of cutting down the footprint and cost for the information kiosk systems. Costing only £22 each for the Model B variant (with Ethernet), Raspberry Pi reduces the need to build large housings for the touchscreen terminals, and due to the open nature of the platform, it also doesn't require licensing, unlike the Windows-based embedded systems.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
IDAT 106: Fun with Terminal
Today, we are having fun with one feature that has only arrived on the Mac 10 years ago but featured on UNIX and Linux for decades, Terminal. We are doing many things on Terminal, such as changing directories, communicating with other computers via echo with IP addresses, and learning that we can use it for when we start to work on Arduino cards - programmable boards that can be used for anything, but I'm not too sure if it can do the same things as what iOS apps can do at the moment, we'll have to see...
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