{"id":15791,"date":"2016-11-02T13:58:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15791"},"modified":"2016-11-02T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:58:49","slug":"new-zealander-builds-a-raspberry-pi-powered-phone-mast-out-of-a-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15791","title":{"rendered":"New Zealander builds a Raspberry Pi-powered phone mast out of a printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regmedia.co.uk\/2016\/11\/01\/printer.jpg?resize=560%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an oddity! Julian Oliver, a native of New Zealand, has taken an HP Laserjet 1320 and squeezed a Raspberry Pi 3 and a\u00a0BladeRF x40 software-defined radio inside. 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