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Re: Science Interest
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Fri, 6 Nov 1998 15:51:19 GMT
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rberg@WELLESLEY.EDU (Robbie Berg)
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Dear Capt. Rutledge,
Your ideas sound very interesting! May I suggest that you join the
following mailing list. It's a hotbed for this sort of discussion:
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/maillist/index.html
> Dear Professor Berg,
>
> I came across your page while searching for some information on the LEGO
> Mindstorm product I want to buy my niece. I wanted to ask for some help
> on something I’m interested in.
>
> I’ve worked both as a Professional Firefighter and Pilot. I am
> interested in applying technology to firefighting. To fight a
> structural fire pumpers need to find and connect to a fire hydrant.
> Knowing the location of the hydrant in relation to he fire building can
> be difficult at times.
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> My idea is to combine GPS and computer technology by building an
> inexpensive hydrant finder. A GPS receiver could determine the pumpers
> exact location, then search a database for the closest waypoint
> (hydrant) near the pumper. A needle could swing to determine relative
> bearing and distance.
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> I think all the technology exists today I’m just not sure how to go
> about putting it all together. Do you have any ideas or thoughts you
> could pass along to me about this? Thanks.
>
> Captain Jack Rutledge
> 404-715-7331
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Robbie Berg
Department of Physics, Wellesley College
(781)-283-3110 (voice)
(781)-283-3642 (FAX)
Home Page: www.wellesley.edu/Physics/Rberg
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Robbie Berg and Capt. Jack Rutledge: I'm a big fan of the Handy Board, but you might want to also consider using a 3Com PalmPilot. The current model, Palm III, has a backlit 160x160 graphics display, a 2MByte memory, and while I haven't used it, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | Re: Science Interest
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| (...) This idea sounds very interesting, but I see 2 problems... First, a GPS reciever doesn't actually contain a compass, so it cannot correctly point you to another location while you are standing still. To determine what direction its facing, a (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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