Automated Wireless File Transfers?

Maskirovka asks: "I'm in the process of designing a helicopter mounted compact flash reader/transmitter package to upload photos to a fileserver upon landing, probably using 802.11g. It needs to be idiot proof (ie, plug a flashcard into it, and it'll upload automatically as soon as it gets in range of the basestation), and should weigh less than 5 pounds so as not to affect the aircraft weight and balance. It could probably be built around a Via EPIA board using a PCI WiFi card and riser, but that almost seems overkill for the one specific task. Is there a more efficient way to do this with off the shelf hardware?"

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scripting & openbrick

[DA-MAN]

Here's a quick suggestion

1) Get OpenBrick (www.openbrick.org)
2) Install Linux w/ ftp server
3) Use heartbeat to monitor your box on board
4) when available, copy data from OpenBrick with either ftpcopy or mirroring software of your choice
5) ???
6) Profit