the.com/raspberry pi
a computer the size of a credit card that made hacking hardware cheap enough to break without crying.
means a low-cost, single-board computer designed to teach programming and power DIY electronics projects.
from born in 2012 at cambridge university, where educators noticed applicants could barely code anymore, so they built a stripped-down computer cheap enough for every kid to own and wreck.
original pricejust 25 to 35 dollars
sales milestoneover 60 million units sold worldwide
name originfruit name plus python, the language
unexpected homeruns on the international space station
for instance
astro pi — esa program running student code aboard the iss since 2015
pihole — network ad blocker millions run on a spare pi
retropie — turns a 35 dollar board into a full retro arcade
cern sensors — physicists use pis for radiation monitoring around the lhc