sakar dai, nice idea of crowd sourceing. why dont we meet up somewhere for disscussing this matter. how about next week somewhere. On Sep 21, 2012 6:13 PM, "Sakar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2500 + 400 (32000 rupees) = 2900 so lets say 3000 dollars or about 240000 > rupees including momo/coke for the late nights of work :-) an effort for > sure but not undoable. lava's suggest approach of finding a sponsor is one > great method. another we can consider is crowdfunding. more will come up as > we brainstorm. > > so i just ordered 4 of them... but they are are back-ordered as much as 3 > months. this is good news because it gives us time to plan our strategy. i > say everyone interested get together in person and plot how we want > to proceed. > > a couple of my thoughts: > - someone want to take the lead on compiling a nice little briefing on the > raspberry pi, how it works etc and become technical group leader? i would > love to be brought up to speed on it, also as more people join the project > it will be nice to have a set orientation to give them > - space to construct and keep the machine. plus reliable power at the > space. (this i can provide if the team approves after examining the space) > - lets not just replicated the design used in the link. lets most def > understand it, use it as a foundation and try alternate methods where we > can. > > -s > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:44 PM, rhoit <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Correct me if i'm wrong! >> >> ### ROUGH ESTIMATE ### >> Hardware : $25 to $35 per piece >> Shipping Charge : < as per vendor > >> Lan Cable: ~ Rs 100 per meter >> >> #### To build 64 node array: #### ($1600 + Rs. 20,000) to ($2240 + Rs. >> 30,000) >> Hardware : $1600 - $2240 >> Shipping charge : Unknown >> Lan Cable: Rs 10,000 >> >> Router : Rs 8000 - 15,000 >> Lego blocks : Rs 2000 - 4000 >> Multiplug : Rs 500 - 600 >> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> > > > > -- > “Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching > yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, > and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in > which the self is revealed.” J Krishnamurti > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
