[Hackupy-discuss] Aerial camera platform / GoPro vs streaming

[Greg Simpson]

The GoPro solution would involve retrieving the video after a flight is
completed. The problem is that a high resolution video stream is highly
desirable, but would involve very high bandwidth wireless. This is
difficult to achieve without pro gear.

We could also try lofting a cell phone and using 802.11 to get high
bandwidth video, but it would be susceptible to interference (and would
also be fairly expensive in terms of off-the-shelf cost). We could reduce
interference by using a high gain antenna on the ground, but bear in mind
that cell phone 802.11 chipsets are not designed with range in mind. I
think the primary concern is that the image sensor sensitivity may not be
sufficient for night shooting: but cell phones are improving every year,
so at some point soon this would become quite feasible.

-g


On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:05:39AM -0800, Ben Rupert wrote:
>Sam. I'm a Techshop member and can probably get laser cutter time
>tomorrow morning.  If you have the material and the designs all ready
>then I can do the cutting (I can get blocks of up to 2 hours, which
>should be more than enough time).  I plan to be over in the city tonight
>as well (I live in Berkeley) and so if you want me to do the cutting we
>can do materials hand-offs tonight and then the finished parts tomorrow
>night.
>For the GoPro HD camera, are you going to be able to live stream or will
>this be recording to a card for later retrieval?
>
>Ben