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

Wed Mar 17 20:56:41 UTC 2010

Wifi would probably be the best option for reduced payload additions, since
the G1 has it on board and all that.  If it's tethered then how far away are
we going to get anyway?  I know Jonathan was mentioning he had some
directional antennas.  I'm thinking we could probably get the range as far
as we need it for this application, considering we'd been considering trying
to get wifi all the way up to the untethered balloon.

Christie
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

> Cables are heavy (lift a 100 ft box of cat5) and will reduce your
> payload to below zero.
>
> What about wifi? I'm sure I've seen some of you running around with
> 2.4 GHz yagis...
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM, tedward <arbzed at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bluetooth probably won't get you the range or bandwidth you need.  XBee
> > might, and I think you could adapt it to USB to pull images off the G1
> (or
> > really any camera) directly.
> > What about just running a cable up the tether?  If you need more length,
> you
> > can run USB over cat5,
> > thusly:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Usb-Dongles-for-USB-over-CAT5-connection.
> > twd.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net
> >>> [mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net] On Behalf
> Of
> >>> Blake Barrett
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:37 AM
> >>> To: Joel Jaeggli
> >>> Cc: space; <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] [Space] Yuri's Night Noisebridge
> >>> presence
> >>>
> >>> 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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