[757labs] HackerSpaces in Space 2011

[matthew green]

I looked and didn't see one so I made one
http://757labs.org/wiki/Projects/HackerSpacesinSpace2011



On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:59 PM, matthew green <msg4real at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the wiki page made yet ? if so where
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:57 PM, matthew green <msg4real at gmail.com> wrote:
>> so
>> * Magnetometer - tell the direction
>> * GPS/altimeter -tell altitude
>> *Wiki page - to state what we did (needs to be replicated in kits if we win)
>> * cam
>> * test
>> * under 4 lb and under 300 umm
>> miss anything
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Steve Nelson <snelson at webapper.com> wrote:
>>> To get any decent panoramic pictures using a fisheye would likely weigh too
>>> much.
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Almost_There at COX.Net <Almost_There at cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Trevor;
>>>>
>>>> >To be able to generate panoramic photos and upload them to Google Earth
>>>> > with a 90k elevation would be worth the price of admission alone. :)
>>>>
>>>>     Photography ain't my thing, but if the antenna were on top (part of
>>>> the Payload String) and the camera was the lowest thing on the craft
>>>> pointing straight down, is there a special lens we could use (Fish Eye) that
>>>> would give us the effect we want?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Good Luck!
>>>>     Ken_S.
>>>>
>>>> At 06:41 PM 10/18/2011, Trevor Lewis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To be able to generate panoramic photos and upload them to Google Earth
>>>> with a 90k elevation would be worth the price of admission alone. :)
>>>>
>>>> Oh! You could create an amazing extreme wide angle video from that data
>>>> too. Strap a VR headset on and it would feel like you're flying to the edge
>>>> of space. IMAX eat your heart out. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Steve Nelson <snelson at webapper.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I wonder what pictures of the moon are like when you're 90,000 feet high?
>>>>
>>>> What day are we meeting?
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Almost_There at COX.Net
>>>> <Almost_There at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> 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, <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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