I have so many suggestions and ideas from the replies to my post yesterday, I could do nothing more than work on one a day for the rest of the year, and not finish all of them.
If you, like me, have no idea where to start, but are curious about what you can do without too much difficulty, Make: has you covered, with a blog post that they wrote JUST FOR ME! (But you can read it, too.)
I think I’m going to make the PiRate radio, because how much fun would it be to take a low-watt radio station to a con?! I mean, in theory, never in practice, because rules are great and should always be followed.
And this photo booth thing that would push pictures straight to Twitter is super cool, and a neat proof of concept for potential shenanigans. In theory, never in practice, because rules are great and should always be followed.
But, seriously, take a look at the comments in yesterday’s post, if you’re pi-curious or leaning Arduino. There’s a bunch of really awesome stuff in there.
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Neat device !
Maybe you can bring the PiRate radio on the boat!
The BBC R&D team also have a project to make a Raspberry Pi powered internet radio. If you only ever listen to three stations, you can just have a button that switches between them and a volume control. What more do you need?
http://radiodan.net/
I think the PiRate radio would be a great choice. I’m not a radio guy (ham or otherwise) but it looks like so long as your FM radio uses an unused frequency in your area and its range it within ~200 feet, it should be legal in the U.S.
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/low-power-radio-general-information
My brain has been reactivated by these tidbits of information. I thank you all.