[Wylug-announce] November 9th: Icarus Project, high altitude automated photography

[John Leach]

The next WYLUG meeting is on Monday the 9th of November at Old
Broadcasting House. The is talk by Robert Harrison about his Icarus
Project "high altitude ballooning and photography".

Robert sends cameras attached to helium weather balloons high into the
stratosphere to take pictures of the Earth. An on-board computer takes
pictures at timed intervals in various directions and then handles
phoning home when it lands.

He'll be talking to us about the challenges involved in designing and
building these devices: GPS, HAM radio, nitrocellulose explosives and
dealing with interest from the ministry of defence (they tend to notice
unidentifiable devices 35,000 feet up above the Earth).

Robert will also be bringing along some of the stuff he's launched for
us to see.

The talk is open to all and starts at 7:00pm but the room will be open
for coffee, tea and chat from 6:30pm. Afterwards, we usually go to The
Fenton pub, across the road from OBH, for more geeky chatter.

Location

Old Broadcasting House
148 Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9EN

More location details on the OBH contact page or on Open Street Map the
road from OBH, for more geeky chatter.

http://www.oldbroadcastinghouse.com/contact/

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.80565&lon=-1.5487&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

Links

http://www.robertharrison.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=78

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/