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RE: Surveillance Robot
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:20:56 GMT
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Lageson, Tom <tml@TENNANTCO.(stopspammers)com>
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Isn't one of the Mindstorms addons promising a camera (it's probably the one
that isn't out yet)?
Tom Lageson
tml@tennantco.com
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> From: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com[SMTP:lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com]
> Reply To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:49 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: Surveillance Robot
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> lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Barfoot, William:) writes:
> > It would seem easier to put the laptop on a platform with the camera ON
> > the bot. You would then have to worry about phone and power, but you
> > could use a cellular connection, or a coupler with a cordless (haven't
> > tried the later for data) and an extension cord or solar power if you
> > were outside.
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> There are a number of these small video cameras and low power transmitters
> to
> show up on TV. Why not mount one of them, use one of the TV tuner card in
> the
> computer. The parts are on my Christmas list. I don't have an ad here
> but
> there a re a few places that sell them. Look in Radio Electronics
> magazine, I
> think that is what it is still called today.
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> I also have some Amatuer Radio TV stuff but the camera is pretty large and
> the
> equipment is old so it is power hungry so I have not pulled it out yet.
>
> Dianne
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| (...) Rumor has it the Mars exploration set will have a camera, but there's no confirmation as yet. Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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