The hackers behind the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project have moved on to a different challenge. Not content with images, this time they want to recover a whole spacecraft. They want to bring the ISEE-3 space probe home to Earth.
Amateur scientists are shaking up mainstream science.
The tools for citizen science and exploration are getting good. As they continue to empower amateurs, who makes the rules on what can be done?
In what ways can citizen explorers be useful for science? The tools are getting better, but the methods and techniques aren’t as clear.
Planetary Resources is Kickstarting a project to send a satellite into orbit that backers will be able to direct themselves.
Kevin Fitzpatrick both lives and works in his Transit Connect for nearly a quarter of the year. He has extensively modified his vehicle to provide office space, sleeping quarters, storage for gear, a mini-fridge, and even a sink with gray and potable water.
José Amores, also known as UC4FUN, built this cool weather station that features sensors and a RTC module plugged into an Arduino, connected via XBee to a Raspberry Pi with an SD card storing data and a wifi connection to the Internet, allowing José to publish the data online. [via Embedded Projects]
