Nice. I'll go see if I can't scrounge up a small mirror. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Crusoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just got the firewire camera in. 640x480, very nice picture. > > I managed to scrape off most of the IR filter, and I found some > exposed color film negative to use as a visible light filter. I > suspect I will need to muck with it more at Saturday house. > > -Daniel > > On Apr 6, 8:37 am, Crusoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> So we have 2 solutions for image capture. Security cameras, and the >> firewire webcam >> >> RRegio: I think the Celeron box you have should be able to run the >> image processing/capture adequately. >> >> So all we need is the mirror. >> >> On Apr 5, 11:17 pm, Crusoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Meh, my laptop can run the software just fine. I have a firewire >> > webcam coming in. But yeah, we can try the security cameras as well if >> > Ryan or someone can find a capture card. >> >> > Also, Ryan brought along these real cool microwave-based motion >> > detectors. All they need is power, and they output a signal on 2 wires >> > when they detect motion. Someone with a voltmeter and basic electronic >> > knowledge can probably figure it out. >> >> > The Dec box was powerful in it's day, but my notebook may be faster >> > now. >> >> > -Daniel >> >> > On Apr 5, 4:19 pm, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I'm seeing a 65bit dec alpha box going by on freecycle: "Working, >> > > loaded with 64-Bit Windows NT(!). Floppy, CD, and Zip drives. No >> > > monitor, accessories or power cord." No idea how it stacks up, but >> > > hey, free box. >> >> > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:28 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> >> > > > so those of you who were at the meeting yesterday know we got a >> > > > prototype of the reactable semi-working. so in order to actually get >> > > > it working in a respectable fashion we need a few things. an >> > > > appropriately sized mirror (about 15" x 15"), and a computer capable >> > > > of running the software for image capture and analysis. i have a >> > > > computer we can use for this purpose, however if anyone has something >> > > > better (its needs to have at least one available PCI slot for the NTSC >> > > > capture card) the computer i have is running win xp using a intel >> > > > celeron d 3.06 ghz with 1-2 gigs of ram its a blank machine so it'll >> > > > run pretty quick however we may need a bit more juice than that. so if >> > > > anyone can bring something better i can just slot the capture card >> > > > into it. any help will be appreciated. >> >> > > > -Ryan > > > >
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