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Good for the author, but the article leaves "MOM GET THE CAMERA!" impression.

>Then I just plugged the Pi into a USB power brick, and… it worked!

Might as well attach a diesel-fueled generator and a pentium 4 to the back of the desk.

The project seems like a perfect opportunity to play around with some arduino-like board. It could probably be embedded inside the control panel and powered from the desk itself.

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> Good for the author, but the article leaves "MOM GET THE CAMERA!" impression.

I agree but still think there's value in having this kind of content abound on the internet as it gives beginners with zero experiance a good starting point.

> Might as well attach a diesel-fueled generator and a pentium 4 to the back of the desk.

Maybe but it's 5 bucks so who really cares.

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