As weather satellites orbit the earth, updated images of meteorological bodies are transmitted Earth. Cumulus constantly monitors the Mexico-US border, custom software and computer vision programs search for clouds moving across the geopolitical division.
Sunset across US-Mexico border, clouds on border being identified with blue markers, red marker represent chosen area to zoom into.
Cumulus Back, custom hardware controlling e-ink displays.
As weather satellites orbit the earth, updated images of meteorological bodies are transmitted Earth. Cumulus refreshes approximately every time a new image becomes available. The e-ink on the left reflects the entire American Continents while the e-ink on the right focuses on a cloud crossing. The custom hardware will run for 17 day on a single battery charge.