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

Fri Mar 19 03:50:52 UTC 2010

If that's being considered my Spykee is dying to go into space - wifi
streaming VoIP + video + motor control (and a bunch of extra stuff too,
it's a linux-based SBC (rooted, of course)).  He's sat in a box not
doing much at the moment - I'd be happy to donate him to the cause...

Cheers!

Chris

On 03/18/2010 04:38 PM, Jonathan Foote wrote:
> 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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