We noticed a Pi working underwater at CES in Las Vegas!
Wheeeeew the desert is chilly at the moment of yr. We’ve got simply returned from CES in Las Vegas, US, and we had been thrilled to see so many revolutionary merchandise utilizing Raspberry Pi know-how.
One among our favourites needs to be this Raspberry Pi 4 working completely fortunately underwater. Not solely that, however the submerged board is working the video reel for HZO’s CES sales space, they usually’ve toured it across the nation at various events for nearly ten years now. The Raspberry Pi is linked to each USB C energy and micro HDMI video out, which feeds a monitor on dry land.
How is it working underwater, you ask? Nicely, HZO is an organization that specialises in thin-film and nanocoating options. To show the sturdiness of their merchandise, they coated a Raspberry Pi in certainly one of them and chucked it in a tank stuffed with water, the place it stayed alive at some stage in the convention. Protecting certainly one of our tiny computer systems stepping into very moist circumstances for only a few days is spectacular sufficient, however our jaws hit the ground after we learnt that there’s a Raspberry Pi that has been working underwater within the foyer of HZO’s constructing for 525 days and counting. I undoubtedly couldn’t maintain my breath for a yr and a half.
HZO’s mission is to free electronics from the constraints imposed by issues like mud and humidity, making them accessible to folks dwelling and dealing in additional rugged environments. Additionally they do work for the aerospace and defence, life science, and automotive, and mobility industries.
We’re undecided which therapy our tiny inexperienced pc obtained — HZO produces numerous specialised coatings. Maybe the Raspberry Pi obtained a parylene coating, as that appears to be a extremely water resistant and submersible possibility. Additionally they provide plasma-applied coatings which are apparently a superb low-cost possibility in case you’re not going to be chucking your tech into the deep regularly. Right here’s a superb diagram from HZO displaying how they apply a few of these.
Let’s all collect within the feedback and throw out ideas of issues we may do with a Pi if it had been safely coated in some HZO magic. I’ll go first. We may return in time and educate Ariel programming so she didn’t must actually and figuratively surrender her voice to chase Prince Eric as the one viable choice to broaden her life possibilities.
