SkyLight Ceiling: Projecting Live ADS-B Aircraft Positions Onto your Ceiling (opens in new tab)

Covers 2 stories including cpaczek/skylight: Project the aircraft passing overhead onto your ceiling in real time, from an RTL-SDR — with a live sky layer (sun, moon, stars, ISS) and where each plane is headed.

Recently, Cameron Paczek has created a new project called SkyLight, where art meets technical implementation by displaying a live view of aircraft flying overhead on your ceiling. SkyLight consists of a projector, Raspberry Pi 5, RTL-SDR dongle, and some custom software. The Raspberry Pi 5 and RTL-SDR receive live ADS-B data from local aircraft, and the projector points up at the ceiling and displays the live locations of aircraft as they fly overhead, effectively giving you a simulated X-ray...

Read the original article