[Noisebridge-discuss] [Space] Yuri's Night Noisebridge presence

[meredith scheff]

I have the time and inclination to help.
Im a noob to them, but is there a way to do it via bluetooth or xbee?
mer

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Lee Sonko <lee at lee.org> wrote:

>  That sounds super snazzy! If I recall correctly, 3G data was hella slow
> at Maker Faire last year. They didn't build the network to handle crowds.  A
> wifi based webcam on an Android would probably be a great fallback. Does
> such an app exist? Maybe Qik can be convinced to use wifi.
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:37 AM
> *To:* Joel Jaeggli
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> *Subject:* Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] [Space] Yuri's Night Noisebridge
> presence
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> We could affix a G1 to a tethered balloon and have it relay images
> wirelessly back to our ground station a-la webcam (something like this:
> http://phandroid.com/2009/06/23/qik-webcam-on-your-phone/). Shouldn't be
> too difficult but would provide a cool view of the event.
>
> Blake
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 03/16/2010 12:52 AM, Christoph Maier wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 00:21 -0700, Mikolaj Habryn wrote:
>> >> Hey all - we've run a couple of proposals through the powers-that-be
>> >> that govern Yuri's Night, and been politely told that no, we can't
>> >> pollute the airspace with crazy flight experiments.
>> >
>> > Ummm, what about extending a standard traffic pattern from KPAO a few
>> > miles to the south (while avoiding power lines, of course)?
>>
>> the wind tunnel is a hazard...
>>
>>        ON APCH TO RY 31 BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE STRONG UPDRAFT FM WIND TUNNEL
>> LCTD ON WEST SIDE OF MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD.
>>
>> > Christoph
>> >
>> >> However, a
>> >> proposal for a booth with a giant balloon tethered above it bristling
>> >> with electronics and dangling a huge Noisebridge banner would be
>> >> entertained.
>> >>
>> >> The only problem is that it requires some co-ordination and planning.
>> >> Anybody interested and have time this week for planning a Noisebridge
>> >> presence for Yuri's Night? Think of it as a practice run for Maker
>> >> Faire. Placement needs working out, tethering for the balloon, and
>> >> some specific ideas for what we want to do - hoist a Mooninite on
>> >> federal property, drop LED throwies from on high, set up monitors
>> >> relaying camera feeds from the balloon, anything vaguely
>> >> Noisebridge-ish. But we'd need a person or two to start talking to the
>> >> organizers sooner rather than later.
>> >>
>> >> Volunteers?
>> >
>> >
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