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Tempescope Displays Weather by Recreating It
Yesterday we showed you an umbrella stand that signals raining/clear skies by color, today we have something even more interesting: an ambient desktop weather station that recreates the outside weather.
The Tempescope pulls down the current weather report from Weather Underground’s API and feeds it to an Arduino board which in turn controls the device. When it’s raining, it pumps water down to simulate rain in the chamber. When there is lightening, LEDs flash. When there is cloud cover, an ultrasonic generator creates a fine mist inside the cylinder. Finally, on sunny days the entire thing glows warmly.
To say that we want one would be an understatement. Hit up the link below to read more about the project, the display modes, and to peek inside the device.
Prototyping “Tempescope”, An Ambient Weather Display [via Hack A Day]
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Jason Fitzpatrick is warranty-voiding DIYer and all around geek. When he's not documenting mods and hacks he's doing his best to make sure a generation of college students graduate knowing they should put their pants on one leg at a time and go on to greatness, just like Bruce Dickinson. You can follow him on Google+ if you'd like.
- Published 11/15/12
What about snow?
what about looking out the window?
^ HAHA! :D ^
@Dave: I’d love to look out my window… if I had one in my office.
That, was great.
And when there’s lightning, we’ll know any way. :P