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Well, the coolest thing that's public?

MultiCube! https://github.com/filthycoding/...

Non-public: I also once had a Raspberry Pi 2 placed on top of a bus station with a powerbank (and a little rain protecting covers) and a camera module, with a little piece of image analysing software that would notify me when my bus is coming.
This worked via Google Cloud Messaging. Initially I wanted to update that to Firebase Cloud Messaging, but I decided that I didn't need that system anymore and decided to give the Raspberry Pi 2 to a friend instead.

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  • 1
    Wait what? On top of a bus station? How where you able to place it there?
  • 2
    @Skayo a good toss and some magnets ? 😁
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    <@CptFox>
    What about the power bank? It doesn't last forever.
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    @Skayo Just toss more powerbanks with planets to align them, so that each time they connect to the still in place module to charge the latest added bank 😊
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    <@CptFox>
    Sure xD
  • 3
    @Skayo Climb on top of it at a time where no one's watching ;)
    And I think a 20A powerbank suffices for a while. Of course I had to swap it out for a smaller one to charge it, but still

    I like how you didn't ask about the internet connection :P That was handled by a friend's WiFi using a seperate WiFi dongle.
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  • 2
    That sounds illegal as shit..
    Why not sneak in the workshop and install a GPS tracker on every bus the next time?
  • 1
    How long did it run off the power bank? I’m thinking hours
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    @toriyaki My Pi Zero W runs for about 10 hours on a 2,6Ah powerbank, while being connected to wifi and top running via ssh. So this could easily run for 3 days straight, considering the camera, image analysis and wifi dongle draw a bit more power. And if you let it sleep at times you don't expect your bus or after the bus has arrived, this could probably last much longer.
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    ^ it ran for about 3 days, yeah
  • 0
    @KartSriv That code is actually quite terrible imo
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    @KartSriv Ah yes, the ultimate hacker tool. The best place to use it is a certain coffee shop at Wien Hauptbahnhof.
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    @KartSriv Because a Starbucks is there.
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