There are plenty of ways to check the weather. You can have a widget installed on your smartphone or desktop, or you could check weather websites, or you could download one of the many beautiful weather apps on your smartphone that are available at the moment. However if you wanted something unique, then the Tempescope might be the device for you.
So what is the Tempescope, you ask? The device was the idea of Japanese inventor Ken Kawamoto. Basically it is a box that is supposed to mimic the weather outside and display it inside a box. However instead of merely telling you if it’s raining or if there is lightning, it will actually come with water and lighting effects to mimic those types of weather.
It will be able to display both current and future weather so users will be able to tell if it will be rain or shine tomorrow without having to bother with an app or widget. How this works is that the weather data is pulled from the internet onto an accompanying app for the smartphone, and from there through Bluetooth connectivity, that data will be shared with the Tempescope.
The weather inside the box is created using fans, condensers, pumps, lights, and dihydrogen monoxide. It’s actually pretty awesome. The bad news is that at the moment the Tempescope is not for sale. However Kawamoto has put up instructions on its website where you can try and build your own. Alternatively you could wait for the device’s official Kickstarter campaign which should be launched later this year.
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