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Updated Dec. 3, 2012

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The Raspberry Programming Competition

Students and computer programmers at UK schools and

universities were asked by PA Consulting Group and the

Raspberry Pi Foundation to invent something using a Raspberry Pi

that will make the world a better place.

Some examples of the kinds of things that

entrants might focus on:

Helping others reduce their impact on the environment
Reimagining how people receive healthcare in the community
Making it easier for people to work with ‘big data’
Protecting IT systems from malware and malicious hackers.

The Competition is Open to Five Categories:

Primary school Years 4 - 6: ages eight - 11

Entries in this category should be driven by teachers and/or interested parents. Teams should comprise up to six entrants and at least one adult mentor.

Secondary school Years 7 - 11: ages 12 - 16

Entries in this category can be driven by teachers, interested parents, scout leaders and young enthusiasts. Teams can comprise up to six entrants and at least one adult mentor.

Secondary school Years 12 - 13: ages 16 - 18

Entries in this category can be submitted either by teams of children or by adults organising activities at schools and after-school clubs. Teams can comprise up to six entrants and should include at least one member over 18.

Higher education – undergraduates

Entries should be submitted by individual teams, not by universities or colleges. Teams can comprise up to two entrants.

Open category – open to all programmers and those who want to learn

Entries should be submitted by individual teams. Teams can comprise up to two entrants.

The prizes

Categories 1 - 3

Winners in the first three categories receive £1,000 per team.

Category 4

One team-member from the winning team in category four will receive a salaried internship at PA (subject to interview) or a cash prize.

Category 5

Winners in the open category will receive £1,000 per team.

All winners

All winners will receive a guided tour of our world-leading technology centre in Cambridge, where we develop inspiring and award-winning products, automation and manufacturing processes.All winnners will also get a custom-made Raspberry Pi case lovingly engineered by our technology team.

Winners

Software that turns a Raspberry Pi computer into a time-lapse camera has won a contest for teenage programmers.

PySnap was written by 12-year-old Aaron Hill and took first prize in the 13 and under category of the Raspberry Pi summer coding contest.

The software allows Pi owners to connect a USB camera to the device and fine-tune the interval at which it takes pictures. For his coding prowess Aaron wins a cash prize of $1,000 (£627).

Runners up prizes of $200 (£125) went to two other programs;

SerPint, by Louis Goessling, aged 11, made it easier to control more devices via the Pi

The Matrix by Conner Foxley, also 12, was a text-based world simulator.

The four runners up in this category included a game called Neutron Craft by Bradley Pollard, aged 18

A web server called Pancake by Yussuf Khalil (15), a file synchroniser built by Hannes Westermann, also 17, called BerryBox and a music player called RasPod from 17-year-old Aneesh Dogra.