Engineer Builds a Compass That Finds Pizza | Hack Job | WIRED

Do you know what the most frustrating thing about a compass is? It ONLY points North. But what if a compass could point to something....more appetizing? WIRED has challenged maker Joe Grand to figure out how to make a compass that points to pizza, in just three weeks.



Check out Joe Grand here:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeGrand

Website: http://www.grandideastudio.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joegrand

Pizza Compass Project Page: http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/pizza-compass



Shoutout to Advanced Assembly and Royal Circuits for their incredible work and turnaround:

https://aapcb.com/

https://www.royalcircuits.com/



Special thank you to PieVino: https://www.pievinopizza.com/



Sources from the coding community include:

neopixel

Pololu_LSM303

TinyGPS++

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Engineer Builds a Compass That Finds Pizza | Hack Job | WIRED