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The AI helped him build a desk flight radar that shows planes over his house

Made an ESP32 flight radar for his desk showing planes over his house, two of them including one for his wife, running around the clock.

How it works

  1. He makes the ESP32 flight radar with AI
  2. Builds two of them, one for his wife
  3. They run around the clock showing planes overhead

Why it’s worth knowing

A gadget for the joy of it, running 24 hours a day.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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