r/whatisit • u/t3jan0 • 23h ago

New, what is it? Small prophet object - water device on bed?

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What is this thing ? At first I thought it was an old CPAP and then an espresso machine!

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u/Flacier 13h ago

This is a tea alarm clock called a Teasmade they were popular in the UK for a time.

Very handy if you like waking up to a hot cup of tea.

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u/S1nnah2 13h ago

I mean that one has raspberry pi zero attached.

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u/Flacier 12h ago

It was the first stock photo I found, it’s still the same unit just with a raspberry pie stapled to it.

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u/S1nnah2 12h ago

I'm not knocking it, just curious.

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u/Flacier 12h ago

No worries, From what I understand the internals were busted on that one and someone restored it to working order with a raspberry pi.

https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/teasmade

Here is the link if you want to take a look.

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u/S1nnah2 12h ago

AHH brilliant, ta