Track Planes on Your Ceiling in Real Time #raspberrypi
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Cameron Paczek created this project to see what planes were flying overhead, while he is INSIDE. A simple project (if you have a $1500 projector) with a fun payoff. Let’s see a realtime planetarium next? Picked up by Raspberry Pi When maker Cameron Paczek moved into a new home directly beneath the take-off path of […]
Cameron Paczek created this project to see what planes were flying overhead, while he is INSIDE. A simple project (if you have a $1500 projector) with a fun payoff. Let’s see a realtime planetarium next? Picked up by Raspberry Pi
When maker Cameron Paczek moved into a new home directly beneath the take-off path of San Francisco International Airport (SFO), his visits to FlightRadar24 increased significantly. During SFO departure pushes, planes fly just 600, 800 feet above his house every couple of minutes. The shaking of the house quickly became his cue to run outside and catch a glimpse of the aircraft before inevitably turning to the online flight tracker to see what he’d missed.
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