Penguins Invade the North Pole

Posted by michael on Saturday May 4, 2002 @08:31AM 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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cameras on penguins by drDugan · 2002-05-04 09:05 · Score: 2, Offtopic

they should strap cameras on the backs of
penguins with wireless remote connections.

Give them a combination of solar power and a
little propeller that spins when the penguin
swims to generate electricity. It would
have to be waterproof, but you could get
lots of different pics from real penguin
colonies....