This is a Raspberry Pi.
It's a credit card sized computer that costs around 25£
designed to teach young people to program
and is capable of doing all kinds of wonderful things.
Back in the 80's, kids had to learn how to code computer to use them.
And as a result, these kids grew up with a in-built understanding of how computers work.
Now, we need more programmers than ever before.
So to deal with this problem,
some clever people came up with the Raspberry Pi
to reignite this sparkle.
It runs Linux, a free operating system from a SD card, just like the one in your digital camera
and it's powered by a USB phone charger.
You just plug in a mouse, and a keyboard, connect to a TV or a monitor and you are ready to go.
In school, not only, is Raspberry Pi a great way to learn programming skills as part of ICT.
There are also dozens of cross-curriculum applications
like science
and music
and all over the world, people are experimenting with Raspberry Pi and attending Raspberry jam events
where people of all ages are learning what can be done with a Raspberry Pi.
Since the first Raspberry Pi where shipped, we have seen examples of people using the Pi
in a variety of amazing and interesting projects.
Taking advantage of his size, portability, cost, programmability, and connectability.
So whether you want to learn to make games...
build robots ...
... or even to teach babbage parachute
with Raspberry Pi, the sky the limits!
Transcribe by Rémi Sarrailh.