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

Thu Mar 18 23:38:51 UTC 2010

Rovio robot with streaming wifi camera $99 on woot.com today.  Hackable.
I could be persuaded to chip in.

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:43 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com> wrote:
> Eyefi?
>
> 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
>> _______
>> "We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell
>> scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17
>>
>> The outer bounds is only the beginning.
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/
>>
>>
>> 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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