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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that  its $25 Model A computer is now available for purchase in the United States through the electronics reseller Allied Electronics. The model A is a ten dollar price cut from Raspberry Pi’s original Model B mini computer. While it doesn’t come close to rivaling Apple design standards, being essentially little more than a circuit board with a few basic hardware components attached, the...

VIENNA, Austria, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The new RasPiComm extension board offers a wide array of new features for the $35 mini-computer expanding its possibilities. They include additional ports, a real-time clock and a four-way joystick input device. The Austrian manufacturing company Amescon believes the foreseeable future to hold near endless possibilities for users in everyday life even though the current model is specifically aimed at developers and tinkers....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Nerds, Rejoice! Today is National Pi Day, a day set aside to celebrate mathematics, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and, perhaps best of all, baked goods that prominently display the greek letter “π.” Every March 14, (or 3/14 … get it?) math enthusiasts celebrate the never-ending number as well as Albert Einstein’s birthday. Many use pi as a shibboleth, casually dropping it in conversations...

And virtual "pie sharing" badges through Facebook to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education WALTHAM, Mass., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is celebrating Pi Day on March 14 by delivering apple pies to math and science teachers at middle and high schools located within a 3.14-mile radius of select Raytheon locations across the country, including the company's headquarters in Waltham, Mass. (Photo:...

Company Closes $1.1 Million Angel Funding Round NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Slate Science, an educational technology company offering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education products for tablets, today launched SlateMath, a series of educational apps the company will bring to market during 2013. SlateMath can be downloaded for free in multiple languages and is immediately available in Apple's App Store. (Photo:...

'Pi's' Claudio Miranda wins for best cinematography BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "Life of Pi," the masterful rendition of a young man's terrifying journey across the Pacific, won four Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects and a Best Cinematography Oscar for Claudio Miranda at the 85th Academy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/LA52533LOGO) "Pi" joins a select group of only...

CAMERON | PACE Group talks to the award-winning cinematographer about his Oscar-nominated work on "Life of Pi" and the remarkable storytelling potential for 3D. BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Life of Pi," the story of a young man adrift in a life raft with a Bengal tiger, was no simple cinematic endeavor. Logistical hurdles, among other challenges, led many to conclude that "Pi," based on the 2001 novel by Yann Martel, might never make it to the screen. Even...

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, CAMERON | PACE Group is proud to celebrate "Life of Pi" and honored to have supported its filmmakers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/LA52533LOGO) The masterful rendition of the story of a young man's terrifying journey across the Pacific has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including nods for best picture, cinematography and visual effects. CAMERON | PACE...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced yesterday they will finally be able to make good on a promise made when they first began selling credit card-sized computers: They will now begin selling one of their Raspberry Pi pocket computers for $25. This cheaper model – simplistically dubbed the Model A – is nothing more than a stripped down Model B with only one USB port, no onboard ethernet port, and only 256 megabytes of RAM....

OTTAWA, Jan. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - I was pleased to learn that, for the third consecutive year, a Canadian film has been nominated for the Oscar for best foreign-language film--Rebelle (War Witch), directed by Kim Nguyen and produced by Pierre Even and Marie-Claude Poulin. Canadians can be proud as artists from our country distinguish themselves on the world stage and strengthen our reputation for cinematic excellence. I would like to congratulate all the Canadians who are also on...