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A cellular-connected Pokéball for finding rare Pokémon

Pokeball wiggle inside

Particle is a company makes low-cost Wi-Fi and cellular connected microcontrollers for prototyping the Internet of Things stuff. TJ Hunter used a Particle Electron and a GPS chip to make a Pokéball that wiggles when a rare Pokémon is nearby.

Here are Hunter’s build instructions.

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