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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. A use for Iridium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Did anyone else notice that at the bottom of the web page it says "the images are transmitted using the Iridium network"?

    Neat.

    1. 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!

  3. Time zone? by Ark42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What time zone is the north poll in? All of them? None of them? I see the pics say GMT...

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    Morphing Software
  4. I apologize in advance for this one... by realgone · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  5. 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...