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Free Raspberry Pi 4B in Abandoned Scooters

posted by janrinok on Tuesday August 08 2023, @07:53PM   

Frosty Piss writes:

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4bs-inside-spin-scooters

When things don't work out for scooter rental companies and they shut down or pull out of a city, they usually take spare stock with them. However, when Spin backed out of Seattle, many locals discovered unused scooters scattered throughout the city. Upon closer inspection of these abandoned devices, or should we say dissection, it was uncovered that they each have a Raspberry Pi 4B inside.

This discovery was recently shared on social media. Legally, if the scooters are abandoned then snagging one for the Pi inside is fair game but it's not clear if Spin has plans to recover their remaining assets.

The Seattle city government official website confirm that Spin originally arrived in 2021 as a fourth scooter rental option. However, the company did not renew its license for the most recent cycle. Because of this, you can find a few remaining Spin scooters around the city.

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• Re:The real culprit to nearly non-existent RPi4 stRe:The real culprit to nearly non-existent RPi4 st (Score: 4, Informative) by Kymation on Wednesday August 09 2023, @12:27AM (1 child)

  by Kymation (1047) on Wednesday August 09 2023, @12:27AM (#1319621)

  The Raspberry Pi Zero W is currently available for $15 from two sellers in the USA (Source Rpilocator [rpilocator.com]). While the US options are limited, there seems to be decent Pi availability in Europe.

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• Re:The real culprit to nearly non-existent RPi4 st(Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday August 09 2023, @01:19AM

  by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday August 09 2023, @01:19AM (#1319624) Journal

  Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is a different model. Basically a low-clocked Raspberry Pi 3 (quad-core Cortex-A53) with 512 MB of RAM and wireless functionality in the Zero form factor. That launched at a $15 MSRP.

  https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-2/ [raspberrypi.com]

  Raspberry Pi Zero W is a single-core that launched at a $10 MSRP.

  https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-zero/ [raspberrypi.com]
  https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-zero-w-joins-family/ [raspberrypi.com]

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