April 22, 2010

BeetleCam

Two dudes put a camera on top of a homemade remote control buggy and took photos of wild animals in Africa.

We booked a trip to Tanzania and set about designing, building and testing BeetleCam. The first step was to get up to speed on the necessary robotics and electronics that would be required to build such a vehicle from scratch. Having conducted some research, we sourced components from around the world. Construction then began in earnest with sawing, soldering, sewing and super gluing taking place around the clock in Will’s garage.

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  1. Cindy Scroggins on April 22nd, 2010 at 10:32 am

    I love, love, love this. Wonderful and simple–like the guys who built the rocket camera and got astonishing shots of space.

  2. Deron Bauman on April 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 am

    and so cute!

  3. Michael Smith on April 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 am

    Those guys didn’t even have to get ringworm.

  4. Kelsey Parker on April 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    The expression on that lion’s face is identical to one that my friend’s cat makes. Aw, swee!

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