 Hi, I'm Richard Loft. I'm the Director of Technology Development here in the Computing Lab at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The focus of my work has always been on numerical methods, applied mathematics, and computer science associated primarily with the modeling efforts here at NCAR. Raspberry Pies are inexpensive computer platforms. They have a very powerful processor on them actually. And the great thing I like about them is they let you see inside and interact with these in a very, you know, do-it-yourself way, build it from scratch way. And that's really powerful for students who may have never actually cracked open a cell phone and voided the warranty in order to look in there and see how the guts actually work. So once you get past that barrier of an untouchable, perfect product that you can't play with, then you start to feel more liberated about how to work with these things. The beautiful thing is you do a project with sophisticated software on cheap architecture, put it on your resume, and people hire students because they have experience. The average person interacts with weather and the climate every day. I'll try to show how first responders and natural disasters might benefit from the same thing that might look like a toy to you right now. People can, you know, can and do access information from their phones or online that gives them a leg up on the weather.