Probably my most unusual flight to date, this one began when I was contacted on Twitter by a media production company Sitcom Soldiers who asked for my help in launching a high altitude balloon for Wreck My Dress. They wanted to fly a wedding dress into the stratosphere, and I […]
Read MoreWatching A Big Cheese Over Switzerland
This was my fifth “Pi In The Sky” flight and originally was to be an altitude record attempt using an extremely light photographic payload, however such a flight this time of year is likely to end up in the North Sea. Been There Done That don’t want to do it […]
Read MorePIE5 – Trans-European Express
All being well I will launch the 5th “Pi In The Sky” this Saturday morning from Cambridgeshire. The intention is to get the balloon to float all day rather than burst, and the projected flight path takes it over Holland and Germany. The batteries will last for 24 hours by […]
Read MorePeli Case Tracking Station
Last week I helped out at a balloon launch, providing the tracking and video streaming from the launch site. Normally I do that stuff from the back of my car, but this time the site was some distance from the car parking so I ended up with my netbook and […]
Read MoreThe Cambridge Diet
Since I started using the Raspberry Pi as a radio tracker, I’ve been wanting to try two things both in the interest of reducing payload weight. As a simple telemetry tracker the Pi just cannot compete on weight with say an Arduino Mini Pro, which weighs almost nothing and has […]
Read MoreEben Upton at Oxford Geek Night
Earlier this week I went along to the Oxford Geek Night where they had a Raspberry Pi themed night. The Pi is obviously popular in Oxford (despite any possible Oxford – Cambridge rivalry – the Pi was born in Cambridge), and the place was absolutely packed. The only spot I […]
Read MoreBBC “Cracking The Code”
Just a quick post about a launch I did late last year for the TV production company Glasshead. It was for part of a new educational programme aimed at 8-11 year olds, to encourage them to program by showing them exciting software applications including an F1 simulator and CGI graphics […]
Read MoreTARDIS And Raspberry Pi In “Space”
Raspberry Pi in a TARDIS takes stratospheric self-portrait For my fourth Raspberry PI weather balloon flight I wanted to pack as much into the flight as I could, making full use of what the Pi has to offer: 3G link for video and backup telemetry Send telemetry over 3G from […]
Read MoreNext Launch – TARDIS
If you want to watch the live action during my next launch, this is what you need. The flight will be the fourth outing for my Raspberry Pi tracker. As usual it will be sending down GPS telemetry plus live images. New for this launch it will also: Send a […]
Read More“Pi In The Sky” Presentation at Egham Raspberry Jam
On Sunday I presented my project at the “Raspberry Jam” in Egham, Surrey. Over 30 Pi fans braved the snow and ice to attend. I managed to stretch my 15-minute slot to over an hour, but even so I didn’t notice anyone falling asleep! For anyone interested, I’ve uploaded my […]
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