WeatherBot

When we spoke to Lewis Aburrow, creator of the DIY Machines YouTube Channel, he was still working on the prototype of his weather forecasting machine. It’s such a great idea that we had to get it into the magazine, so here it is.

The WeatherBot uses an ESP32 to take data from OpenWeatherMaps and display it as a constantly updating diorama, showing various weather conditions as an overlapping series of scenes that rotate to show wind, rain, snow, and other weather conditions. We’re sick of looking at computer screens, so it’s a nicely analogue way of getting information, but if you want more detail, Lewis has added an e-ink screen showing temperature, precipitation, and wind speed, so you’re not forced back to the computer if you want more information.