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arunsballoon t1_j95z2ks wrote

Reply to comment by playingdrumsonmars in Do tablets/laptops/portable monitors exist with screens that aren't super brittle? by danielrosehill

Wait can you tell me more about using old devices as weather stations?

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playingdrumsonmars t1_j95zxfo wrote

Nothing complicated or creative about it I am afraid. In my old apartment I simply 3D printed a bezel that held an iPad mini with attached charger cable, held in in place with the cable hidden.

Essentially I “immobilized” the tablet and had it it in the cable 24/7.

It was still attached to my apple account and ran WeatherPro. It was really very simple.

Once these devices get old and get replaced one has to make a judgement call if selling them for nothing or handing them to someone for whom they are not really helpful (dead battery) or using them for something else.

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arunsballoon t1_j9604ql wrote

Ah thanks. I was thinking you connected it to a weather monitoring station outside for real time hyper local weather haha

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