If you’re someone who enjoys sailing, fishing, or sports in general, then you know proper weather is extremely important. Makerfabs in Shenzhen is someone who enjoy sailing, but too often the official weather reports don’t accurately predict the wind conditions.
This led them to create a WiFi Wind Station that combines IoT technology with real-time wind speed, humidity, and temperature. All of this data reports to the MQTT and then subscribes it in a AWS server, where it can be viewed by others.
The kit also doubles as a great way for beginners to learn about IoT hardware and the programming that goes along with it.
