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This project uses a Raspberry Pi to monitor the nighttime behavior of tropical insects. It captures data and observations about insect activity during hours of darkness in tropical environments. The setup is designed… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Use a Raspberry Pi to Monitor Nocturnal Activities of Tropical Insects launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Monitor your world with Enviro and Enviro + Air Quality for Raspberry Pi!

    2019 · shop.pimoroni.com · its alternatives →

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    A monitoring station for carnivorous flora. Contribute to blackrabbit17/xenolab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Using the Raspberry Pi to water plants automatically

    2017 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →

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    Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!

    2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →

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    3nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth

    2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    DIY plane spotting with a Raspberry Pi and an Android phone

    2025 · pilane.obviy.us · its alternatives →

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    Here's how to turn a Geiger counter into a desktop radiation monitor powered by a Raspberry Pi. Take a look at this steampunk-inspired project up close.

    2020 · balena.io · its alternatives →

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    A global contest to grow and monitor your own food with Raspberry Pi - alexellis/growlab

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi. I heard HN likes e-paper gadgets so I wanted to share a little side project I’ve been working on with @sqfmi. We’re building Beepberry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers, designed for chatting on Beeper. My day job is running Beeper [0], but I will always have a soft spot for building hardware. I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and family, without the distractions of a full smartphone. I imagined a tiny, hackable e-paper screen with a physical keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that I could use to chat around my home…and pretty…

    2023 · beepberry.sqfmi.com · its alternatives →

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    Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.

    2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →

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    A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it

    2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →

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    Weekend Project: Web-controlled Christmas Lights with Node.js, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

    2013 · gnewt.at · its alternatives →

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    A while ago I noticed a couple of squirrels running around in the garden. They seemed very active an not at all scared, but they kept a safe distance towards me. Numerous tries were made at feeding...

    2015 · blog.ulfster.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple demo illustrating remanence of data in RAM (see Cold boot attack) using a Raspberry Pi. Loads many images of the Mona Lisa into RAM and recovers after powering off/on again. - anfractuosity/ramrecovery

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN - My name is Andrew, and I'm a high school student. This is a write-up on StratoSpore, a payload I designed and launched to the stratosphere. The goal was to test if we could estimate physical altitude based on algae fluorescence (using a lightweight ML model trained on the sensor data). The blog post covers the full engineering mess/process, including: - The Hardware: Designing PCBs for the AS7263 spectral sensor and Pi Zero 2 W. -The biological altimeter: How I tried to correlate biological stress (fluorescence) with altitude. - The Communications: A custom lossy compression…

    Nov 2025 · radi8.dev · its alternatives →

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    2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →

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    An open source IoT LED display.

    2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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