Stratos

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  Front End Weather display

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  View from the side(off)

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  View from the front(off)

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  Demo Weather Mode

Inspiration

We wanted a beautiful way to visualize weather indoors.

What it does

Stratus displays various types of weather (rainy, sunny, cloudy, thunderstorms). Our Stratus can be controlled using UI designed using javascript and incorporated simpleWeatherJS.

How we built it

We built the actual product using a raspberry pi, clear plastic container, and cardboard. We created a UI using html, css, and javascript in order to control what weather wanted to display. We used LED lights to display sun/lightning, a water pump to simulate rain, and a mister to simulate clouds.

Challenges we ran into

Time crunch, setting up the network connections at the hack. We didn't have optimal parts, we only have a blue led light. There were leaks in our final prototype.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We learned several new skills and built a working prototype. First time at a hackathon!

What we learned

Work in more front end and javascript, implementing/pulling data from web APIs, writing PHP scripts in raspberry pi and utilizing apache server.

What's next for Stratos

Things to add: Hydrophobic coating, improved enclosure, and RGB LED. I think we can work on the design so nothing leaks and we can recycle the water vapor.

Built With

• cardboard
• css
• html
• javascript
• php
• raspberry-pi
• simpleweather.js
• tape
• whiffle-ball-container