- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:39 pm
#133085
I'm making one of these:
http://www.solar-balloons.com/howto.html
I could get the SSID of any nearby Wifi from a small keychain Wifi finder. It wouldn't need to be so sensitive. It could miss a few and take 5 minutes until it gets the next one from high up. Then send it via 60mw Xbee.
I would know the approximate location of the Balloon! Enough to find it anyway.
Wouldn't this be better/cheaper than GPS?
In case it was lost...
http://www.solar-balloons.com/howto.html
I could get the SSID of any nearby Wifi from a small keychain Wifi finder. It wouldn't need to be so sensitive. It could miss a few and take 5 minutes until it gets the next one from high up. Then send it via 60mw Xbee.
I would know the approximate location of the Balloon! Enough to find it anyway.
Wouldn't this be better/cheaper than GPS?
In case it was lost...