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

[meredith scheff]

hey all-
I have taken on the roll of liaison between NB and Yuri's.
here's what we proposed so far
Tethered balloon outdoors with video and camera (because if it was inside,
what's the point?)
NB booth either inside or outside, showcasing projects, printed photos from
spacebridge launch, etc
projecter and screen to show live aerial footage (if possible)
other ideas proposed, that we will deal with later
-ustreaming/chatroulleting (yes, I totally verbed that) that footage
-led's in or on baloon that are triggered by laser/button/unicorns/whatever
-?
Basically I am talking with them on the logistics of the tethering, how
high, etc. Once that is figured out and OKed It'd be great to meet up and
see the coolest possible things we could do with the payload limit.

Meredith

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

> Chris: thanks for the awesome volunteering of your robot. Are you OK
> with massive and possibly unreversable modifications?
>
> I'm interested in helping out but can't be "point person" due to other
> commitments. (If nobody steps up this may die a natural death from
> entropy).
>
> Here's an idea: modify Chris' Spykee  to eliminate all unused weight
> (shell, motors, etc.)
> It's possible we can repurpose the motor drivers for a camera pan-tilt
> platform which would be neat.
>
> Is anyone on the Spacebridge team that can give an estimate of balloon
> payload capacity? (I'm not on the mailing list).  Might want to add
> stuff like a better antenna and more batteries.
>
> I'd be available a night or two for some Spykee surgery. (Let's call
> it Laikee, after Laika, the first dog in space). Someone still needs
> to wrangle balloon+tether technology, wifi downlink and Yuri's night
> paperwork. It would be a good idea to test: maybe during a Spacebridge
> test while the balloon is gassed up anyway?
>
>
> -J
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> > Late on this discussion.
> >
> > * As stated before, EyeFi is a great solution if you're looking for
> > continuous stills from a photo camera.
> > * Qik works well on the iPhone. On crappy 3G it'll start to lag.
> > * uStream for the Android is also neat, I don't know how well it deals
> > with shitty networks.
> >
> > If you can get a net connection on the ground, either through Yuri's or
> > Maker Faire, I would recommend going with Qik or uStream over wifi.
> > You'll also need the net connection to actually view the stream. :P
> >
> > If you can't get the tubes, go with EyeFi and call it a day.
> >
> > Also this is me saying I'd like to help out with this venture at either
> > event (or both) but wont have a super large amount of time to help out
> > before hand.
> >
> > --
> > Rubin Abdi
> > rubin at starset.net
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>



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