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Build Your Own Weather Balloon

Posted by michael on from the if-it's-wet,-it's-raining dept.

Leeji writes "Here is an interesting read about one geek's project to build and launch a weather balloon. The flight recorder is a small $200 Soekris Engineering computer running Bering Linux. It also uses a Garmin GPS, HAM packet radio, an automated Aiptek Pencam Trio digital camera, army surplus batteries, and lots of geek duct tape."

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  1. Re:alert level: Orange by MrEd · · Score: 0, Troll
    You're right. That there should be an Orange Alert is the laughable part.... Duck and cover, you sheep! Your draft-dodging, cokehead Enron president is leading you to war against evil! Ignore that sucking sound in your pockets!


    hee hee. why be anonymous when you can be cheeky?

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    Wah!

  2. Re:alert level: Orange by DriceX · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your right! American citizen should bend over and take it up the ass.