Droid X does: Edge of Space

[wicked]

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So, if you were looking for cost effective "off the shelve" components to create a balloon that would follow the spaceship Discovery to the edge of space on its last mission what are some of the parts would you use? According to the folks from Quest for Stars you would use a couple of Droid X's loaded up with some Seidio 2600mAh extended batteries for GPS tracking and photo taking purposes.

[video=youtube;Zr0BbvrUtgg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0BbvrUtgg"]YouTube - Robonaut-1: Opening the payload bay[/video]

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[wicked]

Droid X FTW! :icon_ banana:

 

[Sweettooth]

Reminds me of the project where some folks launched a space balloon that reached the upper stratosphere before popping, and they tracked it with an iPhone.

[video=youtube;STvBBP6aNC8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STvBBP6aNC8]YouTube - Homemade Spacecraft - Space Balloon[/video]

 

[CrownMyCoke]

That is some amazing stuff.

 

[nyeshia0431]

Thats cool