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The Raspberry Pi 3 Does Not Halt and Catch Fire

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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March 2nd, 2016March 7th, 2016

Earlier today some really interesting thermal images of the new Raspberry Pi 3 board along with some worrying news about the operating temperature under load was posted to Reddit.

Automate Your Window Shades with the Mini Blind Minder & Weekend Projects

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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October 7th, 2013

The Mini Blind Minder combines a homemade “shield” with the Arduino Uno to automatically open and close your window shades to a desired interior temperature. Watch the video to see this project in action along with some suggested changes or modifications for this beginner-friendly Weekend Project.

Arduino Ambient Temperature Display

By Michael Castor

Michael Castor

I am the Evangelist for the Maker Shed. It seems that there is no limit to my making interests. I'm a tinkerer at heart and have a passion for solving problems and figuring out how things work. When not working for Make I can be found falling off my unicycle, running in adverse weather conditions, skiing down the nearest hill, restoring vintage motorcycles, or working on my car.

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April 6th, 2012 12

Larry Ogrodnek, creator of the LED NameTag kit, figured out a great way to use an RGB backlight LCD to display temperature data. His simple project lets you see rough temperature data from across a room.

Low-power monitor tracks temperature over time

By Matt Mets

Matt Mets

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May 11th, 2010 2

Need to collect data about something over a long period of time, and don’t want to be bothered with changing batteries in your recorder all the time?

Make a temperature probe for the OLPC

By Marc de Vinck

Marc de Vinck

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March 23rd, 2008

John sent in his build of a temperature probe for the OLPC. He purchased an OLPC through the Give 1 & Get 1 program, and was interested in the measure functions of the PC. I was too, when I had a chance to check one out a few months back. The measure activity uses the […]