[Robotgroup] Just slightly ahead of its time

[Glenn Currie]

Yep, DweebVision made it to the Discover Channel web page.

The new mesh nodes I am working on are made out of Linksys WRT54GL 
wireless routers.
They can stream multiple video streams and will automatically switch to 
the best link they
can find.  With directional antennas we did a link from South Austin 
Medical Center on
Ben White to the giant water tank on Martin Hill, just to the west of 
the MoPac / Tollway.
It was 16.67 miles.  From SAMC, the parking garage at Steck and MoPac is 
repeatable
at will, on 35 miliwatts - 10 miles.  We were able to send streaming IP 
video over the link
for several hours 1/1/2007.

The robot radio links are much better now, due to some obsessing.

Cheers,
-Glenn

Def Egge wrote:
> DweebVision
>
> Glenn,
>
> There must have been a baker's dozen of folks that came by Maker 
> Faire and told me that their robotic exploits centered around a 
> small, mobile, R-C, surveillance 'bot that could roam around the 
> grounds, wirelessly (tirelessly) broadcasting video to a large-screen 
> video projector.
>
> I asked each of them, "Oh, like DweebVision?"
>
> Not one of them seemed to get the joke.  ;-(
>
>