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I guess this is a good start:<br>
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<a href="http://www.picotux.com/">http://www.picotux.com/</a><br>
Ideally I'd like a bit more RAM and an interface to some flash memory,
but at least it's *much* more powerful than a C64!<br>
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Or this one:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.shimafuji.co.jp/product/spacecube01.html">http://www.shimafuji.co.jp/product/spacecube01.html</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.handlewithlinux.com/smallest-linux-pc">http://www.handlewithlinux.com/smallest-linux-pc</a><br>
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Ronny Ager-Wick wrote:
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<tt>I love this type of projects!<br>
The problem I can imagine with having it on a string is:<br>
- the string gets quite heavy when it's a few hundred meters up in the
air, not to mention 1 few km.<br>
- if the string snaps, what then?<br>
- the string may be visible on the photos<br>
- all the overhead cables! (could work in far away places in the barrio
though)<br>
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If we could use something like this:<br>
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href="http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/gps-cellphone-wrist-watch/">http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/gps-cellphone-wrist-watch/</a><br>
it could send us coordinates (and altitude) by sms. And maybe could log
as well to geocode the imagery :)<br>
If we could hook it up to a computer as well (you can probably get
something similar to Commodore 64 the size of a button now), hooked up
to a valve for the helium baloon, then we could program it to release
some helium when it reaches a certain altitude, until it stabilizes.
Add a propeller for thrust and another for steering, and you can
program it to fly forth and back (navigating using GPS coordinates)
until it has covered the area you want to cover. Then, preferably
before the battery or fuel for the propeller runs out, it can pre
programmed to deflate the helium baloon and attempt to return to base :)<br>
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Sounds like an expensive toy, but we could cover all of the Philippines
with that!<br>
(except around major airports and above Malacañang and military areas -
probably not very popular!)<br>
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Ronny.<br>
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maning sambale wrote:
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<pre wrap="">@murlwe,
my plan is not to release the balloon. I want it on low altitudes as
far as my string and helium can support.
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<pre wrap="">The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly
how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and
they used it to track where the package fell.
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<pre wrap="">maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera
attached to the balloon?
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Cool!
I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two
months already.
I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this.
Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable.
I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to
test my rig.
Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum
helium tank?
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