[videoblogging] Solar Video Kit project (beta)
I've been noodling around for the last year with designing rugged self-contained, solar powered, on-camera training, video blogging kit with off the shelf products. This has entailed finding the right solar battery chargers that fit inside, or glue to, Pelican cases that hold Flip type low budget cameras. I've also made a non-language specific training video for video blogging basics and devised a simple hack-technique for getting the training video onto any camera for playback in the viewfinder, sans computer. I'm really not sure exactly what to do with this obsession, except of course put it out there as a DIY project and see what happens! Here's the DIY site, in beta, feedback welcome: http://www.solarvideokit.com -- ~ Caleb Clark - Program Director, Marlboro College Graduate School: http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/academics/mat/faculty - Portfolio: http://www.plocktau.com The problem with communication is the assumption it has been accomplished. - G. B. Shaw. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Solar Video Kit project (beta)
- Original Message - From: Caleb Clark (snip) I'm really not sure exactly what to do with this obsession, except of course put it out there as a DIY project and see what happens! Here's the DIY site, in beta, feedback welcome: http://www.solarvideokit.com Interesting project, but I'm not sure how practical it is. For less money you could likely forget the solar panel and stock up with 100 (or more) alkaline AA cells. Also, as far as I can tell, the Flip does not take external memory cards .. so that when the camera is full you have to upload the video to a computer or stop shooting no matter how charged your batteries are. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Solar Video Kit project (beta)
Hey Caleb, I read about the Solar Kit yesterday. It's great that your project caters not just to the technology, but to the education on its possible use as well. This is perhaps the Achilles' heel of projects such as the OLPC. It's far more sustainable (i.e. long term) to move into solar, especially for third-world countries where access to batteries isn't just costly, but difficult. My only question is, if this is a self-sustained videoblogging kit, how are users suppose to know or have access to Internet-connected computers to upload their file? Internet cafes? This part seems missing, which makes me wonder if sending them an old Nokia camera phone with 3G connectivity would be more viable. :) Kevin Lim Cyberculturalist http://theory.isthereason.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private email locator: ╔╗╔═╦╗ ║╚╣║║╚╗ ╚═╩═╩═╝
