I'm dying for a release date - very soon I hope.<br>We seem to be in a backwater nowadays as far as engineering goes, as Jason said.<br>I don't see it taking off in education, programming may as well be magic to most of the population right now.<br>
<br>~Eben<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Rich Lovely <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roadierich@googlemail.com">roadierich@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 30 November 2011 11:06, Jason Irwin <<a href="mailto:jasonirwin73@gmail.com">jasonirwin73@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> If it is true that this thing can decode HD streams, then it seems perfect<br>
> for hacking a media browser into (e.g XBMC) and gluing to the back of the<br>
> telly. Why put up with the walled gardens of Sony et al when £25-ish gets<br>
> you unrestricted access to your own network and the Internet.<br>
><br>
> Heard a pertinent quote the other day "Choose choice, before there is no<br>
> choice left", Leo Laporte I think.<br>
><br>
> As for it taking off...in the hacker/maker communities; yes. In<br>
> schools...no; it does not run Windows and is not as trendy as an iPad. The<br>
> people with the budgets will buy what they know (MS, nice perks and big<br>
> discounts) and the people who want to make a name for themselves, will by<br>
> items with PR clout (Apple). An actual innovative solution that could help<br>
> the UK educate itself out of recession (the only viable option in my<br>
> opinion) will get left in the gutter. The UK has a proud history of great<br>
> inventors and inventions - all of which had to be moved overseas due to the<br>
> lack of interest at home.<br>
><br>
> /rant<br>
><br>
> J.<br>
><br>
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</div>One area where this sort of thing is getting a lot of interest is<br>
among the UAV builders. Normally, if they want serious processing<br>
doing, they either record data to sd card to process offline, or<br>
stream data to a base station. With systems such as the raspberryPi<br>
and another similar system (the name escapes me at the moment), all<br>
the processing can be done on board. This means navigation,<br>
autopilot, and mission activity can all interrelate, without weighing<br>
the aircraft down with batteries and processors. It also means you<br>
can use retail devices on standard USB connections, which will make<br>
mission-adaptable craft so much easier.<br>
<br>
One of my coursemates builds UAVs, and he is planing to make a system<br>
to auto-stitch aerial photos together, and to plan its own course to<br>
get better photos of interesting areas. The eventual aim is to give<br>
it a set of GPS coordinates, launch it, and have it come back with a<br>
high quality 3d map (I think pointcloud was the term he uses) of the<br>
enclosed area (well, high quality for the available camera and<br>
rangefinder hardware, anyway).<br>
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--<br>
Rich "Roadie Rich" Lovely<br>
<br>
Just because you CAN do something, doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD.<br>
In fact, more often than not, you probably SHOULDN'T. Especially if I<br>
suggested it.<br>
<br>
10 re-discover BASIC<br>
20 ???<br>
30 PRINT "Profit"<br>
40 GOTO 10<br>
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