Wondering what to do with that old clunker of a digital camera you’ve got in your drawer? Try taking photos of space with it. Three enterprising MIT students have successfully launched and retrieved a digital camera in order to snap photos of the earth from the upper atmosphere — and they did it all for under $150.
By loading the A470 with the CHDK open source firmware add-on, the students were able to implement an intervalometer script to allow the camera to take pictures every 5 seconds during the camera’s 5-hour, 20 mile journey from its launch in Sturbridge, Mass., to its retrieval in Worcester, Mass (with the Motorola phone broadcasting the camera’s GPS location by text message all along the way). http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_Wiki:About Check details here: http://space.1337arts.com/ --Sudhanwa /me thinks if and when any of our college students will do such activities!! Such a great fun and learning !! ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! www.projects4students.com Offer projects. Get your work done. Groom your future employees !! ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! www.sudhanwa.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
