Raspberry Pi hopes to inspire the next generation of innovators

  • …a US$35 (S$43) computer the size of a credit card…
  • …help nurture programming skills at an extremely low cost.

  • The device looks like a computer motherboard with a variety of USB, HDMI and audio-visual ports attached.
  • It boots up from an SD storage card running a customisable Linux-based operating system.
  • RS Components…hopes it will also be a hit in Singapore when the company starts shipping the product here.
  • It has slightly less computing power than Apple’s iPhone4.
  • A website, Design Spark (http://www.designspark.com/theme/raspberrypi), has been set up to allow Raspberry Pi users to share ideas…
  • http://store.raspberrypi.com/

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2012/12/03/raspberry-pi.cnn