{"id":12996,"date":"2015-07-21T18:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12996"},"modified":"2015-07-21T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T17:39:14","slug":"raspberry-pi-alarm-clock-music-player-surrounded-by-black-walnut-and-maple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12996","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi alarm clock &#038; music player surrounded by black walnut and maple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peterroca.com\/bedbot\/assets\/img\/isoClosed.jpg?resize=400%2C590\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterroca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Roca<\/a>\u00a0has created a piece of bedside furniture and embedded a Raspberry Pi into it. He calls it Bedbot, a Daytime Initialization Assistant. 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