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

[Meredith Scheff]

We aren't going to be tethering that high. Really, want we want to see  
happen is just high enough to get a goof view of the outside area  
while still having some detail of it. Nicolai and I were assuming  
about 75 feet or so.
I'd like to have a meeting with all involved sometime this week-  
either tomorow before or after the NB meeting, or Thursday.
This includes not only those associated with the balloon, but also  
what to go in the NB booth. I'd like to see some more clearly defined  
projects than have been at Maker Faire or Robogames.
Meredith



Drawing and making

On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Gian Pablo Villamil  
<gian.pablo at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a somewhat active hacker community around Spykee, and there  
> have been some very successful hacks using the user-controllable  
> LEDs to control pan and tilt controls. The Spykee iPhone app is open  
> source, lots of useful info there.
>
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I have the Spykee in hand and I am fairly confident that  
>> modifications can be made.  That's what we do, after all.  Your  
>> ideas sound pretty neat.  Since Meredith is taking the point on  
>> getting us in there, I think that part should be covered.
>>
>> We probably will need a better antenna.  I don't know of Jonathan  
>> Moore has been keeping up on this discussion or not, but he's  
>> mentioned on several occasions, he's got this angle covered.  We  
>> probably should revisit this more seriously after the launch.
>>
>> If I recall, we could have 15lbs of lift with this thing fully  
>> inflated.  Our weight restrictions with regular launches have more  
>> to do with FAA regulation than concerns about lift.  I think it's a  
>> bigger concern as to how this thing will be anchored.  (With only  
>> 15 lbs, it's not hard to make that argument.)
>>
>> 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 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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