Thursday, October 25, 2007

How to build your own Sputnik

I love the Brits! Can you imagine an American newspaper issuing this challenge?

I think I have all the parts to do this at home: solar panel, Lion batter with USB interface, peltier cooler, transmitters... and maybe a GPS module to send the satellite's position rather than just beep.

If I only hade more spare time!!!

** How to build your own Sputnik **
It seems incredible that the technology that went into building the first successful satellite 50 years ago can now be found lying around the average house. You could even build one yourself, as Paul Rubens explains below. Fancy having a go?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7049002.stm

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