How a restaurant revolutionised its ordering system using a Raspberry Pi

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YOUR PROJECTS

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ContentsIssue 57 May 2017 raspberrypi.org/magpi

COVER FEATURE

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> NEWS 06> TECHNICAL FAQ 62> BOOK REVIEWS 80> FINAL WORD 96

REGULARS

> PIRATE RADIO KIT 74> JUSTBOOM SMART REMOTE 76> PAPIRUS ZERO 77> IDE GROUP TEST 78

REVIEWS

COMMUNITY

> THIS MONTH IN PI 82Now with four pages of community greatness!

> COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT 86We talk to the Raspberry Pi Guy

> RASPBERRY SHAKE INTERVIEW 88Finding a brand new market through seismology

> EVENTS 90What Jams and Code Clubs can you go to this month?

> LETTERS 92We answer your letters on Raspberry Pi and the mag

IN THE NEWS

Get yourself ready to make your dream project

THE BIG FEATURE

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> PI 101 – MINECRAFT BASICS 44Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi made easy

> BUILD A LASER TRIPWIRE 46Create an intruder alarm system using GPIO Zero

> HACK A DASH BUTTON 48Use an Amazon Dash button with a Raspberry Pi

> ADD AN OFF SWITCH TO PI 50Use a physical switch to shut down a Pi

> MAKE A DIY DIGITAL THEATRE 52Put on a show with remote-controlled cutouts

> MULTIPROCESSING IN PYTHON 56Parallel programming with Python

> INTRO TO C PART 11 58Learn more about types and variables

> CREATE A PARKING GAME 60Use Scratch to make a fun game

More code is about to go into space

ASTRO PI WINNERS

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MAKERS’ TOOLKIT

PI ORDER

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PI WARS

Robots gather to find the very best balloon popper

Who made the judges

laugh the most?

PIONEERS

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MONSTER BORG

 

A mini thermal camera made with a Pi Zero and a 3D-printed case

POLA-PI ZERO 36

In a world of Android and iOS powered watches, here’s something more old-school

WINDOWS 98 WATCH 38

TUTORIALS

 

A sturdy piano made with arcade buttons for people who love to hammer out a tune

TOUGH PI-ANO 42

The PiBorg team is back with a new robot

COMPUTERHARDWARE

$300+WIN

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