{"id":12611,"date":"2015-05-16T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T08:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12611"},"modified":"2015-05-16T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T08:14:51","slug":"touch-free-water-dispenser-with-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12611","title":{"rendered":"Touch free water dispenser with a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scienceexposure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/featured-img-1024x570.jpg?resize=560%2C312\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ismail Uddin over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceexposure.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Exposure<\/a>\u00a0has created a device\u00a0that detects movement and then dispenses water. 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