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

Thu Mar 18 02:43:55 UTC 2010

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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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