[K3CAL] very cool camera

[N3AE]

Wonder what technology they use to store such tremendous amounts of data? Mind boggling. 




For those interested in aviation technology and associated history: 



Did some evaluations of A-160 Hummingbird in my previous (employed) life. Unique unmanned helicopter with record setting speed and endurance for a single rotor helicopter. Good info at: 


http://www.boeing.com/bds/phantom_works/hummingbird.html 


Unfortunately, there are not many of them and there have been a few crashes...still problems to be worked out. So much so that the Army has abandoned flying the AGRUS camera on it. Crashed with the camera aboard this past spring. Ouch! See: 


http://www.aviationweek.com/blogs.aspx?plckpostid=blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7post:8933f134-8535-4016-86c8-ed18ec6f2cf5 




Boeing "claims" to be the helicopter's developer, but they just took credit "the old fashion way." They bought the small company that designed it, Frontier Aircraft, founded by the same brilliant engineer (but apparently not such a good businessman) Abe Karem who designed the early unmanned prototypes that lead to the Predator. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karem_Aircraft 


The lady at the end of the film (Missy) is a retired Navy F-18C/D pilot now with MIT and the Office of Naval Research. I predict you'll be seeing lots of her in the news in years to come. 


N3AE 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob N3PPH" <bob at n3pph.com> 
To: k3cal at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 12:38:20 PM 
Subject: [K3CAL] very cool camera 




I know this is off topic but it is electronic. This is what’s new in video surveillance, I want one. For those who understand a bit of the techie stuff 1.8 GP and they store 1 million terabytes a day of images from this thing. At 17,500 feet in the air you can see a small bird flying around. 



http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e95_1359267780 



73, 

Bob N3PPH 


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