Lowdown: Raspberry Pi
Nick HirstDare
One of the most remarkable tech trends of late has been the drop in cost of even the most bleeding-edge devices. Raspberry Pi, a new computing platform developed by a team of Cambridge academics and tech entrepreneurs, costs about £25 on Amazon.
It consists of a smartphone-sized circuit board with a processor, some RAM, and various connections including USB. It doesn't look like much, but it's a fully-functioning computer running Linux.
The thing that has got everyone excited is its open architecture. It's intended as a cheap tool to teach kids to code –...