Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by rl3 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:08AM (#14095721)

I'd say the Pi Zero is a far superior option. Vastly more computing power with only minimal additional pain.

Bonus points if you hook it up to a battery and SSH into it during transit. Probably not the best idea to have something inside of you that occasionally catches fire, though.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/pi-zero/

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Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by Tepix on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:31AM (#14096081)

The new Pi Zero W with Wifi and Bluetooth would be even better...

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/pi-zero-w/

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Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by rl3 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @01:22PM (#14099729)

I incorrectly assumed the regular Pi Zero had wireless capability. Seems the W model would be essential.

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Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by ge96 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:23AM (#14096907)

Man that sucks, although in my case it would be a soldering job concern. I can't believe the Pi Zero was the only server I've gotten crontab to work so far. Tried Debian/Ubuntu I don't know why I can't get cron to run. I just want bots but a physical thing on my end I imagine is not as reliable as a hosted server (rent) for developing bots that run constantly gather stuff.

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Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by stevenhuang on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:35AM (#14095852)

Or the ESP32!

https://espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp32/overview

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Re:Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them ... by rusk on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:51AM (#14095916)

Compute Stick

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-c...

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