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Weather Radar Case Mod

Posted by timothy on from the well-executed dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "What do you get when you take a laptop LCD, a Mini-ITX case and an old marine weather radar? A self contained wireless weather radar PC appliance!" And No, it's not just squeezing a motherboard into an object smaller than that motherboard -- this is a functional weather-watching device.

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  1. Slick + full mirror by winkydink · · Score: 4, Informative

    Cool!

    All I can say is some people have a lot more free time on their hands than I do.

    Full mirror here.

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    1. Re:Slick + full mirror by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative
      lol
      In Case of Slashdotting, Break Mirror

      The only problem is that mirrornetwork didn't change all the image links. so they're still dead :o\

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  2. Mirror Link by pyrrhonist · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Here's the nyud.net anit-slashdot-effect link:

    My Personal Weather Radar Project

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  3. Size issues? by sczimme · · Score: 4, Funny


    And No, it's not just squeezing a motherboard into an object smaller than that motherboard (emphasis mine)

    And how would one do that, exactly (and ensure the board still worked)?

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  4. Re:And the site's gone by saintp · · Score: 3, Funny

    The forecast for today: Fiery hot.

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  5. Perhaps... by bedroll · · Score: 5, Funny
    What do you get when you take a laptop LCD, a Mini-ITX case and an old marine weather radar?

    The fun of watching every shmuck with a radar detector slam on their brakes as they speed past your house?

  6. Ironic... by GamingFox · · Score: 3, Funny

    An radar machine didn't see the storm of slashdot coming.

  7. Gag. APCMA by wowbagger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gag. Another Pointless Case Mod Article.

    Here I was, thinking that maybe this guy had done something truly nifty, like interfacing the marine radar to the computer and having it serve the radar images.

    Here in Tornado Alley, such a thing would be pretty damn interesting - I know a couple of storm spotters who might just be persuaded to add that to their chase vehicles.

    But no - all this guy did was put a PC in a Radar case, and use the PC to look at radar data from the Internet.

    Now, had he fabricated a fake radar unit from sheet metal, that would have been somewhat interesting.

    Had he gone whole-hog like the guy who did the HalfLife case mods - that would have been interesting.

    But this?

    Can I have the seconds of my life back I spent looking at the article?

    May I suggest that /. create another section, pointlesscasemods.slashdot.org, and put these sort of things there?

    Or at least a "Pointless Case Mod" icon?

    I mean really - computers are getting to be like digital clock modules were in the 1980's - "Let's put them into everything! Here - let's put one in this banana!"

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    1. Re:Gag. APCMA by Winterblink · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm still waiting for the goatse guy to case mod himself. It'd probably be the first reported case of someone's ass getting Slashdotted, literally. I'm sure the collective Slashdot head would explode from the irony of the whole endeavor.

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  8. Answer by Anonymous+Writer · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you get when you take a laptop LCD, a Mini-ITX case and an old marine weather radar?

    A slashdotted web server?

  9. Re:rain != boats by ottergoose · · Score: 3, Informative

    He's using the radar terminal from the marine radar system as a case for a PC that downloads National Weather Service radar data from the internet, so he can display it cool fashion. That is to say, he's not actually using a marine radar.

    (And yes, I believe marine radars can detect weather, however, their use on land is illegal)

  10. My smoke test... by feloneous+cat · · Score: 3, Funny

    We now power the thing on and... damn... I just made myself sterile.

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  11. Consequences by williamhooligan · · Score: 3, Funny
    What do you get when you take a laptop LCD, a Mini-ITX case and an old marine weather radar?

    Arrested and prosecuted by the owners of The Wacky PC and Seafaring Supplies Warehouse?

    Oh no, wait, this is /., I know this one...

    "Horny at the possibilities."