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DIY Antique Weather Clock

By Travis Hudson, 1:55 PM on Fri Jan 5 2007, 801 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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This is an antique weather clock that connects to Yahoo's weather service to display the current weather conditions for a specific zip code.

I took out the clock work, and replaced it with a servo and used a phidgets USB - servo controller so I could control the servo from my computer.
Nice work, not only does it look good, it is functional. Too bad it doesn't have a way to display the current temperature. Thanks, Jesse – Travis Hudson
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