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10 AMAZING NEW YEAR’S PROJECTS
MOTIVATIONAL
BATHROOM SCALE
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DOT SILVERMAN
Dot Silverman is currently a junior
research scientist in Autodesk’s Bio/
Nano Research Team. When not in
the lab, she enjoys long runs, African
dance, and crochet.
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A digital bathroom
scale is hacked to
measure your weight
10 AMAZING
NEW YEAR’S
PROJECTS
It’s the start of a new year, and (hopefully) the start of a new you.
Start 2016 as you mean to go on with these amazing projects…
W
e all like making New
Year’s resolutions.
Sticking to them is another
matter, and there’s only so many
times you can promise to give up
cake and fail after three days.
So, rather than resolving not to
do something fun, we thought it
would be a great idea to find the
greatest Raspberry Pi-powered
tech projects with a healthy, feelgood
vibe. The makers of these
projects have done us proud. What
we have here are some of the
world’s coolest projects to see you
into the new year.
These tech projects will help
you live a little healthier, be a
better citizen, and save some
money to boot. Not bad, eh? More
importantly, you can do all this
while having fun.
Living a little healthier is a great
place to start, so our first project
is Dot Silverman’s Motivational
Bathroom Scale. “You type your
goal weight into the scales using
the keypad,” explains Dot, “and
the device compares your weight
to your goal weight.
“If you’re on target, it’ll give
you a flattering compliment.
Otherwise, it’ll sass you to get back
to the gym. Remember that you’re
beautiful, no matter what the scale
might tell you.”
72 January 2016
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