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Welcome
WELCOME TO
THE OFFICIAL
MAGAZINE
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t’s a project that has captured the hearts
and minds of enthusiasts throughout
the Raspberry Pi community: the magic
mirror. A wonderful, useful piece of home
automation straight out of Tony Stark’s house
that you can build with a Raspberry Pi, an old
monitor, and some wood.
We’ve wanted to do a magic mirror tutorial
in the magazine for quite some time, so it was
a delight that one of the driving forces behind
it, Michael Teeuw, agreed to help us create the
definitive guide to powering up your home.
If home automation isn’t your thing, we have
some great coding projects this issue, such as
more from Simon Long on coding with C, the
conclusion of our multi-booting guide, and the
continuation of Lucy Hattersley’s beginner’s
coding guide with a look at object-oriented
programming. As for me, among other things I’ve
reviewed a robot. I like robots; they’re fun. Take a
look for yourself and see if you agree…
I hope you enjoy this issue!
Rob Zwetsloot
Features Editor
SEE PAGE 26 FOR DETAILS
THIS MONTH:
14 CREATE A MAGIC MIRROR
Make the ultimate Pi project with our extensive guide
28 A MUSEUM IN A BOX
Learning has never been so fun
38 COMMAND LINE 101
Get the lowdown on mastering the command line
66 MORE BEGINNER’S CODING
Learn about object-oriented programming
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