Re: [PLUG] (OT) MIT students snap near-space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

2009-09-24 Thread Mandar Vaze
> By loading the A470 with the CHDK open source firmware add-on, the > students were able to implement an intervalometer script to allow the > While CHDK is very interesting concept, My camera doesn't support CHDK - it is too old (It is NOT DIGIC II) -Mandar __

[PLUG] [COMMERCIAL] Openings for Linux / C++ developers

2009-09-24 Thread Anand Soman
Hi, We work on consumer appliances involving various flavors of Linux. We are looking for developers with a passion for Linux / C++. Interested individuals may kindly contact me at aso...@infinishare.net and I will be happy to share details. Regards, A. K. Soman Infinishare Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

[PLUG] (OT) MIT students snap near-space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

2009-09-24 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Wondering what to do with that old clunker of a digital camera you’ve got in your drawer? Try taking photos of space with it. Three enterprising MIT students have successfully launched and retrieved a digital camera in order to snap photos of the earth from the upper atmosphere — and they did it a

[PLUG] Linux Events at Mindspark '09, CoEP

2009-09-24 Thread Ashwin Tumma
Hello, College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) will have its Technical Fiesta, Mindspark '09, from 9th Oct. to 11th Oct. '09 CoEP's Free Software Users' Group [CoFSUG] has arranged the following events : 1. Tame the Tux (Quiz on Linux) 2. Two Linux Worshops (Basic Level and Advanced Level).