Monday 16 February 2015

The evolution of Raspberry Pi: a Lego scene

I  wanted to take a photo of all the different Pis that I have and was thinking about an interesting way to display them. My sons suggested building a Lego scene and so an enjoyable Sunday afternoon was spent constructing a timeline of Pi evolution.




 Each quadrant of the base shows a different Raspberry Pi model.

In the  laboratory mad scientists are working on the very first Pi: the original model A.



 Next door, in the factory, a model B Rev 1 rolls along the conveyor belt, inspected by a bowler-hatted businessman.



In quadrant 3, a high-tech crane lifts a heavy model B rev 2.


Next, a custom lorry transports a model B+ to a CoderDojo.



At Lego primary school, excited pupils start plugging everything in to their shiny new model A+ while the teacher carries on with their maths lesson. 



Finally, the amazing Raspberry Pi 2 is strapped to it's rocket, ready to head to the ISS as part of Astro-Pi.


But wait, who is that lurking in the trees? Is it a Pirate, a Monkey, a Robot and a Ninja?


And who is the pith helmet wearing explorer hanging about with the mad scientists?


And why is there a hotdog seller hanging around the Pi logo?


Here are some more pictures. 










And here are the architects of this monstrosity:


5 comments:

  1. You guys have a collective genius. I love it. It is by far the coolest thing on the Internet. :-)

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  2. Hi Richard

    We absolutely LOVED this. Would you mind if we used it in its entirety as a guest post on the official Raspberry Pi blog (probably on Friday)?

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  3. Not sure if my comment arrived ...
    Was the answer to the maths question 10 or 2 ;)

    You have a very creative family.

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  4. There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who understand binary and those who don't…

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    What if soy milk is just regular milk introducing itself in spanish?

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  5. Hi Richard! The Week Junior magazine would like to run a article on the Pi in history you and your children created in Lego.
    If its okay could you send the hi-res images to colin_williams@dennis.com and I'll send you back a PDF of the article!
    Thanks in advance.
    Colin

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