Luckily it didn't get lost in space. Raspberry Pi has captured
the minds of developers around the world. Despite the fact that
it was designed for teaching kids the basics of computer
science, the tiny $35 computer has found its way into the hearts
of grown-up devs, too, each one trying something weirder or
whackier than the last. This week, the Raspberry Pi Foundation
highlighted the project of one user in particular. The company
says it received numerous emails regarding the work of Dave
Akerman, who recently sent his Raspberry Pi into near space.
Akerman used his Raspberry Pi along with a webcam, GPS, and a
hydrogen balloon to send his little PC just shy of 40 km into
the sky. At that point, the balloon burst and came back down to
Earth. This isn't the first time Akerman has sent balloons to
near space, but said Raspberry Pi offered something unique that
he hadn't seen before. "In almost all of my previous flights I
used Arduino Mini Pro boards, and these are ideal – tiny, weigh
almost nothing, simple and