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100 GREATEST GADGETS OF 2017

S T U F F
T O B U I L D

A whole new code
Scared by the
prospect of coding?
Creoqode’s booklets
and video tutorials
will ease you into this
strange world.

RA SPBERR Y TECHNOL OGY
PI ZERO W WILL SAVE
US DIY
SYNTH KIT CREOQODE 2048
You know the deal with
Raspberry Pi boards
by now, right? They’re Remember those rice-
the tiny computers filled maracas you used
you can transform into to make in school? Tom Wiggins I can’t be the only one to be a little
whatever you want Utter tosh. If only you’d Deputy Editor intimidated by the 2048.
through the magic of had a build-your-own At least I was before giving it a go.
code… or a cheap SNES analogue synth kit then This Creoqode console While welcoming beginner coders,
Classic alternative. it would have been you spits in the face of it’s also sophisticated enough for true
Considering just how headlining Glasto rather Nintendo’s Switch, howls in derision number-crunchers. The sheer sense
much awesome stuff than some Munchkin at the PlayStation Vita and sticks two of achievement in not making a hash
you can do with the Pi with an acoustic guitar. fingers up at your old Game Boy. of its construction more than makes
Zero W, it’s honestly Don’t let history repeat “Pah! Imagine playing something up for an inability to triumph at Mario
wasted as a Super itself – give this to your you didn’t code yourself,” it sneers at Kart 8 again. I’ve played that game
Mario Kart machine. favourite youngling. any machine with the temerity to run more than enough anyway – time
£9.60 / £25 / off discs or cartridges. Alright, that’s to make myself a new racer…
raspberrypi.org techwillsaveus.com probably laying it on a bit thick, but £189 / creoqode.com

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