Raspberry Pi Summer Programming Contest

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a summer programming contest for young Makers, programmers, and other curious geeklings 18 and under. The rules are simple, develop software on the Raspberry Pi that impresses the judges. There is more information available in the competition announcement.
Raspberry Pi Summer Programming Competition
Owen Nannarone, of Scituate, Mass., is a 10-year-old inventor. Owen likes to take apart and repair electronics and motors. He recently developed a prototype for a golf tee that can measure the speed and direction of a golf ball as it's hit. Two years ago, he developed something called the EZ-Cinch Net, a fishing net with closeable compartments that allow him to collect multiple turtles or frogs from nearby bogs without the animals contacting one another.From the Raspberry Pi Foundation Summer Programming Competition Poster (Image: Raspberry Pi Foundation, Created by: Paul Beech)

One of the biggest electronics boards to hit the Maker community lately has been the Rapberry Pi. If you're not familiar with the Raspberry Pi, it is a elegant single-board computer with an ARM architecture and a number of available Linux distributions. Personally, mine is running the Debian Squeeze. There are two models available. Model A features 256 megabytes of RAM and one USB port. Model B features an additional USB port and an Ethernet connection. What makes these boards so great is that the cost of the Model A is $25 and the Model B is $35. The low cost makes it ideal for computer and programming education.

Now, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a summer programming contest for young Makers, programmers, and other curious geeklings 18 and under. The rules are simple: develop software on the Raspberry Pi that impresses the judges. There is more information available in the competition announcement. Check it out!