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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. other options to a weather ballon by adamruck · · Score: -1, Troll

    or if you really wanted to know the weather, you just could just look outside, or even watch the weather channel..

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  2. FRIST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    prost. suckaz.

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

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

  5. It won't be long . . . by GMontag · · Score: -1, Troll

    With this progress it won't be long until the larger baloon clubs can launch something like this. "We choose to go to the weather baloon.

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