Tracking the international space station with an Arduino

Last summer I received the very fun HackPack for my birthday. Every 2 months you get a box of parts and assemble a fun hardware project. The first item in the pack was the IR turret. You control the turret with an IR remote, and can shoot the little foam bullets at things. It was pretty cool, but I’m not a huge fan of shooting things. At around the same time I saw this XKCD : I am into going…