{"id":713,"date":"2011-10-25T17:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collab.scrapyardchallenge.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2011-10-25T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:22:26","slug":"wifi-barometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.collab.scrapyardchallenge.com\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"WiFi Barometer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our latest assignment in Scrapyard was to repurpose some sort of \u201cdead technology\u201d to incorporate something new or more modern. I had an extra wifi router in my closet that I knew I wanted to do something with so I started there.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been annoyed at how ugly and messy routers can get: power and coaxial cables from the wall, Ethernet between modem and router, and all the antennae etc\u2026<\/p>\n

To solve this, and incorporate the scope of the assignment, I decided to make a weather barometer that instead of reading air pressure, reads the traffic on a wireless network. After searching around I discovered quickly that, although barometers have been replaced by weather media, they are still valued quite highly as decorative antiques. Far out of my price range.<\/p>\n

So I made a basic design in Illustrator and had it laser cut to house my project. Here\u2019s what it is so far, the actual guts and function come next:<\/p>\n

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Our latest assignment in Scrapyard was to repurpose some sort of \u201cdead technology\u201d to incorporate something new or more modern. I had an extra wifi router in my closet that I knew I wanted to do something with so I started there. I\u2019ve always been annoyed at how ugly and messy routers can get: power … <\/p>\n

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