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THIS MONTH IN <strong>PI</strong><br />
News Community<br />
CROWDFUND THIS!<br />
The best crowdfunding hits this month that you should check out…<br />
<strong>PI</strong>-TOPCEED<br />
igg.me/at/getCEED<br />
The desktop-based sibling to the<br />
Pi-Top laptop we reviewed in the<br />
previous issue, this version comes<br />
in a lot cheaper at only $99. It’s<br />
still roughly the same piece of kit,<br />
albeit without a folding clamshell,<br />
keyboard, touchpad or battery<br />
inside it. As the software is still the<br />
same, you can share user accounts<br />
between this stationary Pi-<br />
TopCEED and the portable Pi-Top,<br />
making best use of the strengths<br />
of both. At the time of writing,<br />
Pi-Top has hit its goal, so give it a<br />
look when you can and maybe preorder<br />
a CEED for when it becomes<br />
available to everyone.<br />
POCO MICRO COMPUTER<br />
igg.me/at/pocopi<br />
While there seems to have been a<br />
little confusion over why the Poco<br />
was called a supercomputer (our<br />
guess is that it’s multipurpose<br />
and very small, not a thousandcore<br />
processing monster), the<br />
actual idea of the Poco is quite<br />
neat. Using the Raspberry Pi<br />
Compute Module, the creators<br />
plan to produce a tiny little<br />
handheld that can do everything<br />
the Pi can do, albeit with even<br />
greater portability than even the<br />
tiniest home-brew portable Pi.<br />
We wonder if there’s any way to<br />
improve on the idea by using the<br />
Pi Zero, though.<br />
DRAGONFRUIT<br />
kck.st/1l5q5Ng<br />
An interesting solution to the<br />
portable Raspberry Pi problem<br />
perplexing many people. Using<br />
a case with a built-in keyboard<br />
not unlike the Microsoft Surface,<br />
the DragonFruit makes use of the<br />
official touchscreen and other<br />
equipment to create a portable kit<br />
for the Raspberry Pi. It also has<br />
its own version of Raspbian called<br />
DragonFruit OS, which the maker<br />
believes better suits the kit. Did<br />
we mention it was designed by a<br />
13-year-old? Funding should be<br />
still going as you read this, so give<br />
it a look!<br />
BEST OF THE REST Here are some other great projects we saw this month…<br />
A WOODEN CASE<br />
magpi.cc/1SMbi4G (via Reddit)<br />
A wonderfully made, classy<br />
wooden case for an equally<br />
classic Raspberry Pi (in relative<br />
computing terms) by Reddit<br />
user ChadBroChill_17. It’s<br />
probably as solid as the Astro<br />
Pi flight cases, as well, and<br />
blends in a bit better with certain<br />
home decor.<br />
TV CONVERSION<br />
magpi.cc/1Qd4WNZ (via Reddit)<br />
A relic of days gone by is the<br />
‘portable’ TV, usually weighing<br />
a good few kilos and needing a<br />
proper plug socket to work. This<br />
conversion gets it powered by Pi<br />
without losing the retro styling<br />
of the original set. Reddit user<br />
KennethRay has a full gallery<br />
with more info.<br />
raspberrypi.org/magpi January 2016 89
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