{"id":17874,"date":"2017-12-04T14:51:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:51:04","slug":"building-a-twitter-enabled-raspberry-pi-powered-snow-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17874","title":{"rendered":"Building a Twitter-enabled Raspberry Pi-powered snow globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?resize=454%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twitter_globe.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every year, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makercupboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spencer Organ<\/a> tries to make something Christmassy to make his house more festive, and to show off at various events he attends. This year, he 3D-printed a plastic house and placed it inside a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0771SZXPV\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">snow globe bell jar<\/a>. Beneath the house, he added a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a Pimoroni Automation pHAT and Unicorn pHAT. He soldered everything up and then <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/uktechreviews\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did some programming<\/a>\u00a0to connect the project to Twitter, allowing him to specify keywords to achieve different effects inside the house. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themakercupboard.space\/projects\/pi_files\/snow-globe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more from Spencer here, including how to build your own<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Spencer Organ tries to make something Christmassy to make his house more festive, and to show off at various events he attends. 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