<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Would you care to share your ideas for RPi projects?</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">An idea I had was a garden weather station with responsive irrigation control.</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Seems as if the market's already
there. Here's a very real list of gadgets for the garden written with a bit of tongue in cheek (everything from drones to scare away raccoons to e-pollinators to replace bees):</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/technology/personaltech/calling-on-gadgetry-to-keep-the-garden-growing.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/technology/personaltech/calling-on-gadgetry-to-keep-the-garden-growing.html</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif;">(I am now wondering what automation would do to my interest in the gardening process!)</div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;">And in an area I have even less experience, I've imagined a RPi controlled popcorn popper to custom roast coffee beans, heat sensor based and programmable.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;">What's your nutty, or not so nutty project?</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',
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