{"id":14784,"date":"2016-05-21T18:12:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T17:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14784"},"modified":"2016-05-21T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:14:36","slug":"boston-college-gets-a-raspberry-pi-powered-map-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14784","title":{"rendered":"Boston college gets a Raspberry Pi powered map system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/bcgradtechclub.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/demoday_pi2.jpg?w=391&#038;h=552&#038;fit=391%2C552&#038;resize=391%2C552\" width=\"391\" height=\"552\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Boston-based college project team has worked together to build a map system for one of their halls. Fulton Hall in Boston College has a confusing layout so they took a Raspberry Pi and a touch screen and then worked on a user interface to allow people to see where they were. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcgradtechclub.net\/2016\/05\/20\/raspberry-pi-fulton-hall-map-kiosk-a-hands-on-product-management-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Boston-based college project team has worked together to build a map system for one of their halls. 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