If I remember, Mikolaj had one of these already. Although the tires may have been destroyed by the cat, we don't need those anyway...<div><br></div><div>To be clear, we're not really sending this to space... it'll just be a tethered event at Yuri's Night, right?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Christie<br clear="all">_______<br>"We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17<br><br>The outer bounds is only the beginning. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Jonathan Foote <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtfoote@ieee.org">jtfoote@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Rovio robot with streaming wifi camera $99 on <a href="http://woot.com" target="_blank">woot.com</a> today. Hackable.<br>
I could be persuaded to chip in.<br>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:43 PM, meredith scheff <<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Eyefi?<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Christie Dudley <<a href="mailto:longobord@gmail.com">longobord@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Wifi would probably be the best option for reduced payload additions,<br>
>> since the G1 has it on board and all that. If it's tethered then how far<br>
>> away are we going to get anyway? I know Jonathan was mentioning he had some<br>
>> directional antennas. I'm thinking we could probably get the range as far<br>
>> as we need it for this application, considering we'd been considering trying<br>
>> to get wifi all the way up to the untethered balloon.<br>
>> Christie<br>
>> _______<br>
>> "We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell<br>
>> scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17<br>
>><br>
>> The outer bounds is only the beginning.<br>
>> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Jonathan Foote <<a href="mailto:jtfoote@ieee.org">jtfoote@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Cables are heavy (lift a 100 ft box of cat5) and will reduce your<br>
>>> payload to below zero.<br>
>>><br>
>>> What about wifi? I'm sure I've seen some of you running around with<br>
>>> 2.4 GHz yagis...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM, tedward <<a href="mailto:arbzed@gmail.com">arbzed@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Bluetooth probably won't get you the range or bandwidth you need. XBee<br>
>>> > might, and I think you could adapt it to USB to pull images off the G1<br>
>>> > (or<br>
>>> > really any camera) directly.<br>
>>> > What about just running a cable up the tether? If you need more<br>
>>> > length, you<br>
>>> > can run USB over cat5,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > thusly: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Usb-Dongles-for-USB-over-CAT5-connection" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/id/Usb-Dongles-for-USB-over-CAT5-connection</a>.<br>
>>> > twd.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, meredith scheff <<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> > wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> I have the time and inclination to help.<br>
>>> >> Im a noob to them, but is there a way to do it via bluetooth or xbee?<br>
>>> >> mer<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Lee Sonko <<a href="mailto:lee@lee.org">lee@lee.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> That sounds super snazzy! If I recall correctly, 3G data was hella<br>
>>> >>> slow<br>
>>> >>> at Maker Faire last year. They didn't build the network to handle<br>
>>> >>> crowds. A<br>
>>> >>> wifi based webcam on an Android would probably be a great fallback.<br>
>>> >>> Does<br>
>>> >>> such an app exist? Maybe Qik can be convinced to use wifi.<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>><br>
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>>> >>> Of<br>
>>> >>> Blake Barrett<br>
>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:37 AM<br>
>>> >>> To: Joel Jaeggli<br>
>>> >>> Cc: space; <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] [Space] Yuri's Night Noisebridge<br>
>>> >>> presence<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> We could affix a G1 to a tethered balloon and have it relay images<br>
>>> >>> wirelessly back to our ground station a-la webcam (something like<br>
>>> >>> this:<br>
>>> >>> <a href="http://phandroid.com/2009/06/23/qik-webcam-on-your-phone/" target="_blank">http://phandroid.com/2009/06/23/qik-webcam-on-your-phone/</a>). Shouldn't<br>
>>> >>> be too<br>
>>> >>> difficult but would provide a cool view of the event.<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Blake<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Joel Jaeggli <<a href="mailto:joelja@bogus.com">joelja@bogus.com</a>><br>
>>> >>> wrote:<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> On 03/16/2010 12:52 AM, Christoph Maier wrote:<br>
>>> >>>> > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 00:21 -0700, Mikolaj Habryn wrote:<br>
>>> >>>> >> Hey all - we've run a couple of proposals through the<br>
>>> >>>> >> powers-that-be<br>
>>> >>>> >> that govern Yuri's Night, and been politely told that no, we<br>
>>> >>>> >> can't<br>
>>> >>>> >> pollute the airspace with crazy flight experiments.<br>
>>> >>>> ><br>
>>> >>>> > Ummm, what about extending a standard traffic pattern from KPAO a<br>
>>> >>>> > few<br>
>>> >>>> > miles to the south (while avoiding power lines, of course)?<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> the wind tunnel is a hazard...<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> ON APCH TO RY 31 BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE STRONG UPDRAFT FM WIND<br>
>>> >>>> TUNNEL<br>
>>> >>>> LCTD ON WEST SIDE OF MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD.<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> > Christoph<br>
>>> >>>> ><br>
>>> >>>> >> However, a<br>
>>> >>>> >> proposal for a booth with a giant balloon tethered above it<br>
>>> >>>> >> bristling<br>
>>> >>>> >> with electronics and dangling a huge Noisebridge banner would be<br>
>>> >>>> >> entertained.<br>
>>> >>>> >><br>
>>> >>>> >> The only problem is that it requires some co-ordination and<br>
>>> >>>> >> planning.<br>
>>> >>>> >> Anybody interested and have time this week for planning a<br>
>>> >>>> >> Noisebridge<br>
>>> >>>> >> presence for Yuri's Night? Think of it as a practice run for<br>
>>> >>>> >> Maker<br>
>>> >>>> >> Faire. Placement needs working out, tethering for the balloon,<br>
>>> >>>> >> and<br>
>>> >>>> >> some specific ideas for what we want to do - hoist a Mooninite on<br>
>>> >>>> >> federal property, drop LED throwies from on high, set up monitors<br>
>>> >>>> >> relaying camera feeds from the balloon, anything vaguely<br>
>>> >>>> >> Noisebridge-ish. But we'd need a person or two to start talking<br>
>>> >>>> >> to<br>
>>> >>>> >> the<br>
>>> >>>> >> organizers sooner rather than later.<br>
>>> >>>> >><br>
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