I wanted to share this gift that my brother and I made for my dad.
My dad compulsively checks the radar on his phone, and now has to leave his phone behind to be "off work". I cobbled together some hardware, a CNC box with edge laminate, and my brother did most of the heavy lifting in getting the github radar I found up and running (Maker Thornhill)'s tutorial.
It basically calls on the National Weather Service to overlay a nearby radar. My brother said he was gonna rewrite a bunch of it to smooth and polish things up about it.
It isnt neon, but still glows- haven't implemented a night or dark mode yet. Some coworkers said they really like the "natural" computer. Yes.
I used an adafruit board to make those two CNC buttons capacitive touch. One for zoom and one for mode change- keeping it really simple.
My dad has had it running for over a week now, and has texted us some storm moving in updates.
I want to make more server sculptures this year.
[#]gift #raspberrypi #frame #radar
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