On Saturday 26 July 2003 1:01 am, Bob Tanner wrote: > Last winter I discovered snowboarding. I tell everyone who will listen how > great it is, but they always ask, "What's does it mean to ollie off a ridge > and drop into a bowl?" > > I'd like to show them. > > So, how can I get a camera on my helmet and capture what snowboarding is > really like? > > My initial thought is some sort of ruggedized camera (make/model anyone?) > connected to a small battery(?) operated wifi-enable-linux-box (sokeris?). > This would be the action-camera, capturing all the thrills of boarding. > > Following behind, would be the "media" server. A laptop(?) with a wifi card > capturing the action and putting it onto the drive(?)/cf disk(?). > > Putting the wifi cards into ad-hoc mode should give us a "network". > > I'm not sure about a battery powered sokeris box or the ruggedized camera. > Any suggestions? What about a small video camera that uses CF or similar for storage. I picked up one a while back at a State Fair show. The maker Aiptek has a bunch of different styles. None are "ruggedized" but they are all small and could probably by made "shock resistant" without adding too much bulk or weight. website: http://www.aiptek.com -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list