[757labs] HackerSpaces in Space 2011

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757 Labs in Space;

     WOW!  That would be really cool!  Apparently it's a prototype 
and not available for sale yet (only a matter of time) but, if we 
could build one (in a very short time frame, and a very tight budget) 
we could have the best pictures anyone's ever taken of Near Space; 
we'd almost have to win the contest!


     Good Luck!
     Ken_S.

At 06:57 AM 10/18/2011, Trevor Lewis wrote:
>
>When I found this: 
><http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/17103/throwable-panoramic-ball-camera.html>http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/17103/throwable-panoramic-ball-camera.html 
>I immediately thought of this project. In a nutshell that 
>camera/ball above has CCDs pointing in all directions. When the ball 
>is chucked up in the air, and it reaches the top of the throw, it 
>fires all the CCDs at once generating a 360 degree picture.
>
>To suspend something like this from the balloon would create some 
>freakin *amazing* pictures.
>
>On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM, 
><<mailto:telmnstr at 757.org>telmnstr at 757.org> wrote:
>
>757 Labs in Space;
>   So far Trevor, Steve, Ethan, and I have expressed interest; anyone else?
>
>
>Does anyone else want to participate?
>
>I'll say it again, it was a blast last year.
>
>But time is running out fast.
>
>I talked to Ken the other night, and we talked a bit about it.
>
>My thoughts:
>
>A: Go hydrogen. It can be done safely, and cut the cost.
>
>B: Add temperature sensing and reporting via GPRS/Dallas 1 wire
>
>C: Etch a PCB for the project this time.
>
>D: Lets release/pop the balloon at the needed height after firing 
>the camera a lot. We have pics from last time, we can use those to 
>figure out where we need pictures and where we don't ?
>
>Play the game to win the game better this time?
>
>
>
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