Using Raspberry Pi to build IoT gadgets just got a lot easier

On the heels of the new $5 Pi Zero, Raspberry Pi has updated its Raspbian OS to support the tiny device, and now includes IBM's Internet of Things app Node-RED.
The new version of Raspbian, Raspberry Pi's official OS, makes it easier for hackers and tinkerers to wire up different nodes, such as sensors, to Pi devices thanks to the inclusion of Node-RED.
The IBM IoT application offers a graphical user interface that takes out some of the coding that would otherwise be required to connect hardware and software to create a bigger system. Or as Node-RED explains, it's run-time built on Node.js offers users a browser-based flow editor that lets them write and save JavaScript functions, template and flows for reuse.