What were some of the camera specs in terms of battery requirements and network?
It had to send video to our website from wherever Justin went during his day-to-day life, and it had to last most of the day without being recharged. I needed some type of wireless network to transmit the video data, but WiFi and satellite Internet were out of the question. Fortunately, Sprint rolled out a high-speed EVDO Rev. A network just in time (and an unlimited data plan), so I bought a USB modem and focused my efforts on building a camera. How about the camera itself? Anything special? The camera setup included a Viosport analog headcam, an MPEG4 video encoder, a small Linux computer, and a huge lithium-polymer battery. I picked low power components when possible so that everything would work for 8 hours on a single battery charge. A friend and I snuck into the basement of the MIT Media lab and used a laser cutter to build an enclosure to hold the electronics. I bolted the electronics in place and stuffed everything in a backpack. After a couple weeks of hacking in my apartment
