[hackerspaces] help with telepresence at CCCamp

[Justis Peters]

Here are some already-blazed trails in that direction:
   http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio
   http://store.irobot.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=3311370
   
http://www.instructables.com/id/iRover%3A-Remotely-controlled-iRobot-Create-or-Room/
   http://www.instructables.com/pages/search/search.jsp?q=telepresence

Kind regards,
Justis

On 02/04/2011 01:03 PM, Matt Joyce wrote:
> I remember seeing some lovely folks from CCC setting up an RC car with 
> a ptz on it at HOPE two years ago.
>
> Since the Camps tend to have a considerable bandwidth available, maybe 
> a similar solution would be the way to go.
>
> Setup a live flash feed, and some web controls for the RC vehicle and 
> open it up to hackerspaces.
>
> The car camera could be accessed via wifi.  The controls... 
> whatever... maybe xbee, maybe a standard RC  RF transmitter.
>
> I'd be down to work on it if someone else is willing to help out.
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:maltman23 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Anyone good with telepresence?  Of course, you should be going to
>     CCCamp this August in Berlin
>     http://events.ccc.de/2010/08/10/chaos-communication-camp-2011,
>     since it will be an incredible experience for all who are there,
>     but even if you aren't there, you can help out by helping others
>     who can't be there be as much a part of it as possible.
>
>     Nick Farr is helping organize this.  If you know anything about
>     telepresence, and making it work, could you please contact him?
>     <mailto:him?nick at hackerspaces.org>
>     nick at hackerspaces.org <mailto:nick at hackerspaces.org>
>
>     Thanks!
>     Mitch.
>
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