1 1 Austria_ ._._CS.OO Belgium_CS.OO Brazil .R520.00 Oenmark. KrQ6 Estonia.C5.00 FinlandC 5.00 FrancsCS.OO Germany.CS.OO GreeceCS.OO Iceland(+ tax) Isk6S0 Ireland_(+tax) C5.00 ItarV . CS.OO KenV8_Kshsl.lOO LebanonLl9.500 luxembourgCS.OO Mexico. .Mex $75.00 Netherlands CS.OO NorwayKr52 Portugal-(;ont)C5.00 Romania,lEI26.7 South Africa(.tax) R39.00 Spain.C5.OO Sweden(.tax) Kr50 SwitzerlandF9.00 ranaanla_Tsh5.500 Ugandausb10.000 UnitedKingdonl3.20 veneeuelaBsF3o THE FUTURE IS NOW THE $35 PC The Raspberry Piis a personal computer at its most Zen: motherboard, memory, connectors,and not much else. Named after the Lilliputian berry, the bare-bonesPiisthe brainchild of British chip architectEben Upton, who was inspired to get cheap PCsinto the hands of would-be programmers.But the Pi.which is sold by uptons nonprofit.has become a hit with do-it-yourselftechies. “It appears that weve gotten to a million units inside our first year,“ says Upton. “Its staggering.“-Shel/eyOuBois WHO IS USING ITTHE COMPETITION Upton and colleagues from the University of Cambridges Computer Laboratory kept cost in mind, designing a powerful but inexpen- sive computer. Out of the box, the Pi can be hooked up to a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and memory card (to store datal An Ether- net port connects it to the web. From there, budding programmerscan start writing code inthe widely used Python language. Though itwascre- ated to get the young interestedin code, adults with engineering chops have flocked to the device. Users havejury-riggedthe Piinto voice-activated garage-dooropeners, automatedguitar tuners, even smart pet feeders. Ultimately, Upton hopes popularity with the public will goad schools into bringing more of the devices into classrooms. The Pi is the poster child for a renais- sance in DIY computingakin to the PCfairs of the early 1980s. (They eventuallyled to the developmentof the first Macin- tosh.) The Arduino computer,for example, is a less powerfulcompetitor.Another single-boardcomputer-dubbedthe BeagleBone-packsmore power but sells for about $90, PhotographbyJUSTINFANTLMarch18,2013FORTUNE/15