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Not as creepy as it sounds!<\/em><\/p>\n

James Zingel from New Zealand noticed his mother’s concern for his grandmother’s well-being. So, with a Raspberry Pi he was given, he set about constructing a monitoring device. The box, called Gran Check, has a PIR sensor set into the front which detects his gran’s movement when she feeds her dogs every morning then takes a picture and sends it to his parents. It’s a lovely project by a very caring grandson! Read more on the Raspberry Pi blog<\/a>\u00a0and on the Bay of Plenty Times site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not as creepy as it sounds! James Zingel from New Zealand noticed his mother’s concern for his grandmother’s well-being. So, with a Raspberry Pi he was given, he set about constructing a monitoring device. The box, called Gran Check, has…<\/p>\n

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