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Storm Glass: simulate the weather at your desk

Inspired by the tempescope , The Modern Inventor’s Storm Glass is a weather-simulating lamp that can recreate the weather of any location in the world, all thanks to the help of a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Image c/o The Modern Inventor The lamp uses the Weather Underground API, which allows the Raspberry Pi to access current and predicted weather conditions across the globe.

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Storm Glass: simulate the weather at your desk

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Raspberry Pi Watch, Dr Who Style

Back in the mists of time, when Apple released the Apple Watch, there was gentle buzz in the Raspberry Pi community about the Raspberry Pi’s potential in DIY smartwatch projects. That gentle buzzing subsided, like the buzzing of a wasp succumbing to flypaper, pretty quickly once people realised that a regular Raspberry Pi, while very tiny when compared to your desktop computer, is actually a bit massive when compared to your standard watch. Here’s Alex Eames’ effort, which he made in 2014 as a response to the Apple Watch

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A new high-altitude ballooning record

Liz: As some of you clever people have pointed out, the new Pi Zero with camera connector might have been designed with one person very much in mind. That person’s Dave “high-altitude ballooning” Akerman

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A new high-altitude ballooning record

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