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Penguins Invade the North Pole

Posted by michael on from the not-as-good-as-jennycam dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Thanks to a project of the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a webcam has for the first time been installed at the North Pole -- one which runs on Embedded Linux (uClinux), no less! The device was installed on April 28, 2002 and is now logging four images a day, which are available for viewing on NOAA's publicly accessible website. This article at LinuxDevices.com describes the Linux-based webcam (called the NetCam), opens up the device to see what embedded hardware and software are inside, and explains why the NetCam's developers used Embedded Linux as the basis of their design."

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  1. This must be pointed away from Santa's workshop by Esgaroth · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Cause I don't see anything that looks like elves.

    1. Re:This must be pointed away from Santa's workshop by themoodykid · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... Cause I don't see anything that looks like elves.

      How about gnomes?

  2. tundra by zephc · · Score: 2, Funny

    remember, tundra is the eskimo word for 'nothing' (dave barry joke)

    --
    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
  3. I apologize in advance for this one... by realgone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, Linux really has had a polarizing effect on the computer world.

  4. Re:Penguin transportation by nomadic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought polar bears also subsisted on canadians...

  5. Re:say what? by damien_kane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then we can finally watch the mice while they rebuild the earth from the top down :)

  6. Santa's going to be mad... by QuantumFTL · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think we're about to slashdot the north pole for the first time in history!

    Hope it doesn't make the ozone hole bigger...

  7. Nice headline. by themoodykid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one who thought that penguins actually did start migrating to the North Pole?(Due to global warming?) Had me worried for a while there...

  8. Re:A use for Iridium by nakaduct · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step 1: Launch a $5bn satellite network, then rig it to deliver four pictures of birds every day.
    Step 2: ???
    Step 3: Profit!

  9. Only 4 images a day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's see...
    4 images a *day*... that makes 1 image every 6 weeks, right?

    T'would be cheaper to send a photographer for that.

    Geez.

  10. Nothing New.... by Macblaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    They've been there for years, didnt you ever read the book "Mr Popper's Penguins" when you were kids :-P