Projecting the aircraft passing overhead onto your ceiling, in real time

A project called Skylight, featured on Adafruit Blog, lets you project planes flying overhead onto your ceiling in real time. It uses an inexpensive software-defined radio to decode aircraft tracking signals, then displays each plane on a projector pointed upward. You see every flight labeled with its airline, aircraft type, and destination—basically your own personal radar display, painted across your living room.

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