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Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.caught up with the creator of the Smart Van Project at Maker Faire Rome 2023, where Roberto Pomermaier told us about his open-source smart van.
Pomermaier is a software architect and avid windsurfer from Italy who wanted to create an affordable and fun way to take his windsurf and travel around easily and cheaply without complications. "I always dreamt to be an owner of a van. So finally, some years ago, I bought one and I started camperizing it – creating the bed, the kitchen, et cetera.
. Basically, this is done by connecting a physical object to an application or the internet and making it possible to monitor and control the object through software. The goal was to provide the know-how and all the required tools to create a DIY camper system that included resource management, services control, and smart features and then make it so the hardware and software could be applicable to any type of van, no matter the make.The DIY smart box monitors energy and water service control via security alarms and travel statistics that are all visible on the mobile app.
Pomermaier was excited to make everything he designed available to the public. All you have to do is "download the schematics for the electronics so everybody can recreate and rebuild the hardware, but not only the source code and the software that is installed on the Raspberry but also the mobile app for your smartphone. So in a very few days, you can create your own smart van out of any van." He said it was important for him to make it open-source so "all of humanity can enjoy.
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