[757labs] device testing lab

Wed Mar 14 17:55:09 EDT 2012

hello chaps,

i'm wondering if it would be possible/feasible to start amassing devices
for testing @ the lab? specifically mobile/tablet, but i reckon any web
viewing devices are welcome. i have a few old phones i can throw down.

sounds kinda far-fetched, and clearly the latest devices won't be
available, but i think it could be quite useful.

if the collection were rich enough, the lab could even charge to grant devs
access for certain time allotments. it pains me to think of monetizing most
things, but im thinking there'll be some overhead.

good idea?
stupid idea?

i hear the latter alot.

cheers,
albert

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> Was poking around thingiverse and came across this:
> http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17612
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> Printable quadcopter. Works pretty well too.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSO47eAsI-E<
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSO47eAsI-E&feature=related>
> At around 3 minutes there's a nice shot of the copter with a gopro strapped
> to it. Helps bring the cost down if you don't have to worry about expensive
> frames... Although I'm sure the motors and electronics dwarf the cost of
> the frame.
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> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Dave <dave.in.vb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Or plans on being obscenely rich. I guess I could see quadcopter sentries
> > if I had to refer to my residence as a "compound" and needed a golf cart
> to
> > tour it. However, with my current means, a half dozen cameras can monitor
> > everything. Maybe one quadcopter that would fly out and torch frisbees or
> > balls that landed in my yard would be nice, just to make it known that I
> > don't mess around.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Dave <dave.in.vb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Paranoid much?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Andrew Young <shinjikun34 at gmail.com
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> >>> Sadly, implementing that is beyond my technical expertise at the moment
> >>> On Mar 2, 2012 6:27 PM, "Andrew Young" <shinjikun34 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have also considered it for home security. The biggest problem is
> >>>> charging. Ideally the landing gear would be metal and connect to the
> >>>> battery so it could land on a pad, charge, and take off again. Then
> with
> >>>> multiple copters you could have constant moving sentries. Add in a few
> >>>> scare devices, along side realtime image viewing, such as red and blue
> >>>> flashing leds, sirens and such. The whole thing can operate off a
> wireless
> >>>> mesh network topography. With luck that would mean 1 wap for normal
> use and
> >>>> then another slave wap on the other side of the house connected to the
> >>>> first via ethernet. Anything else can be added in from there. You can
> then
> >>>> have the quadcopters report there activity and location, based on
> signal
> >>>> strength of routers and each other, for easy realtime monitoring.
> >>>>
> >>>> A very fun thought to explore.
> >>>> On Mar 2, 2012 6:18 PM, "Kevin Shaw" <kevin.lee.shaw at gmail.com>
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> >>>>> I have been envisioning a scenario when we all have an arial bot as
> >>>>> part of our PAN and it helps us conduct certain tasks like relaying
> >>>>> messages to others in proximity to us or monitoring our vital signs,
> >>>>> offloading some data and processing of our pda phones or allowing
> greater
> >>>>> wireless access-imagine having a small group of these occasionally
> >>>>> patrolling your house for security and increased 4G range from the
> tower..
> >>>>> I don't know how feasible but they're just thoughts.
> >>>>> On Mar 2, 2012 4:41 PM, "Jerry Winchel" <jerry at tesstech.net> wrote:
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> >>>>>> Nice presentation on arial robots.
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/03/robots-swarm-the-stage-at-ted.ars
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