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$150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money
Ivan Pierre Aguirre, Student/Intern, Assistant
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Adam Vogler, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Kansas City | Mo. | USA | Posted: 8:30 PM on 09.15.09 |
| ->> That is true genius and pretty farg'n awesome. Thanks for the link Ivan, good read. |
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Ronnie Montgomery, Photographer
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 8:33 PM on 09.15.09 |
->> It's been done.
http://tinyurl.com/63yoto
I'll be impressed when they put a camera in orbit on a beer budget or at least get it up above 200,000 feet. |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 12:54 AM on 09.16.09 |
->> It's a cool project, but the title is seriously unfair.
They didn't really "beat" NASA. These guys wanted a cool picture from the edge of space. That's it, and they got it in a very clever way.
The stuff NASA does has far more constraints. They want scientifically valid, measurable data of very specific things at very specific times. When they take a picture, they want to be able to geomap it, tell where it is and what it's seeing, use it in research. When you put those kind of constraints on the problem, it gets more expensive and complicated. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 7:33 AM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> But the MIT kids got spanked by the 12 yr. olds, whose rig was bigger, more complicated and included teddy's in space. They should've used the Travelocity gnome..... |
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Adam Heller, Photographer
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Grafenwöhr | DE | | Posted: 7:39 AM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> Yeah, didn't they do this in spain? Or somewhere that spoke spanish, like 6 months ago? |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 10:58 AM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> how anyone is not impressed is sad...that is very cool and thank you all for posting other links. |
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Bill Ross, Photographer
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Colorado Springs | CO | USA | Posted: 12:41 PM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> Engineering at it finest... Simple solutions for complex ideas. |
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Sheen Yen, Photographer
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West Lafayette | IN | USA | Posted: 6:12 PM on 09.16.09 |
->> What a story, thanks for sharing. It's amazing what one can do with a flexible mind and a can-do spirit.
As a side note... I wonder if the Canon development hack can be applied to DSLR's...? |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 7:31 PM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> If I make one, with a big sportsshooter logo in the frame, do I get a free hat? |
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Ronnie Montgomery, Photographer
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 8:10 PM on 09.16.09 |
| ->> What is sad is Gadget Lab's breathless declaration that this somehow "beat" NASA. |
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Patrick Meredith, Photographer, Assistant
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 12:47 AM on 09.17.09 |
->> Patrick,
I'll call you the next time I come up to Missouri and we'll put one together. I'm semi serious.... |
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Daniel Putz, Photographer
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Jefferson | MD | USA | Posted: 1:45 AM on 09.17.09 |
->> Shoot, I'd make the trip just for that... Space ranks #10 on my cool-o-meter.
Something to shoot for at the next SSA. *wink*
And yes I realize I've said "shoot" 3 times now.
Dag-nabbit. 18 hour days o/ |
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