Les Pounder works with groups such as the Raspberry Pi Foundation to help boost people’s maker skills.
The first Cambridge Raspberry Jam (https://twitter.com/ CambridgeJam) since the pandemic recently took place and, by all accounts, it was a resounding success. Organised by Brian Corteil, Cambridge Raspberry Jam is one of the oldest jams in existence (the very oldest being Manchester) and is run inside of Cambridge Makespace (https://twitter.com/ cammakespace). At the event there was a range of workshops, talks and tables where makers could show off their builds and help others to build their own. Sadly, I couldn’t be there in person, but through the power of social media, I kept track of the event and it seems that it was well attended and featured a diverse range of projects. Dr Chris Parrott, roboticist for Pimoroni, demonstrated a table full of Raspberry Pi RP2040- powered creations, many of which were 3D printed. Jonathan Woolf presented a talk on Pi in the Sky, a project that launches Raspberry Pi into a low Earth orbit, and was also the inspiration for the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Skycademy, a teacher training course covering the topic.