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THE LINKING OF TECHNOLOGY They are carrying lightweight solar panels from which they charge their generator during the day and send you their audio visual daily diary via a portable satcom system and satphone each night. Each day they will receive by return a selection of your comments and suggestions. The project could not have been possible without the help of some of the following: |
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Imagine a world where every individual has the power to communicate freely - anywhere to anywhere. Our satellite equipment will work where nothing else will; across deserts, mountains and oceans. The Nera WorldCommunicator offers us unbeatable power and portability. At 64Kbps in a laptop-size unit, weighing just 4kg you get global voice, data, text, fax, internet, multimedia and LAN communications, ISDN capability and full PC connectivity. Self-tuning to the Inmarsat satellite system gives coverage anywhere on the planet so that we donŐt have to depend on land lines or local networks. All this is backed up by a world-wide support service - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our thanks go to Nathan Cole and Claire Butcher of Nera Satellite Services - UK for taking a chance on us. |
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Its not easy to find a laptop that can swim, doesn't mind extremes of temperature, and will quite happily roll down a mountain with you. Our GETAC is jungle ready…thanks to the help of our technical advisers Niche Technologies. Because of them we can feel confident that if all else fails at least we can rely on our computer… (but can you eat it!) Niche Tech not only supplied, programmed and checked our systems but most importantly of all they convinced us that we can do it. Thank You… Ian Grindley, Anna and Marco… |
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Joanna Steeden of Olympus was the first person to offer us assistance. Supplying Jay with a CL2500. It’s a high speed, high quality 2.5 mega pixel digital camera. Have a look at the pictures. Thanks Joanna…
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Scubacam provided us
with a rain cover for the PD100 camera. In addition they customised
their standard mini DV underwater housing which is made of natural latex
and usually houses a 2.9 inch colour monitor in the rear. To allow us
to see the monitor whilst filming underwater they glanded a 2 meter
underwater cable to the wall of the splashbag to connect to the monitor.
They also modified their standard handle bracket so a mono pod could
be screwed in the top, thus allowing Max to lower the housing into piranha
infested waters without fear of losing more than one finger! We also
have a puncture repair kit and glass replacement so we can maintain
the splashbag under these harsh conditions.
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If we had the budget we would be handing these out at will - lightweight, rugged, unbreakable and seriously effective, the most eco-conscious piece of equipment we have. Sustainable power without noise, pollution or consequence. Thanks to Solar Century. www.solarcentury.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html
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Solar Battery Charger The lid to this case is a small solar panel and when placed in direct sunlight, will charge up to 4 AA Nicad batteries at a time although it can take up to 14 hours! |
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SONY DSR-PD100 1/4inch CCD sensor, each with 380,000 pixels (effective 360,000). This newly developed 3 CCD system is designed to compliment the DVCAM recording format, with a high standard of picture quality for this class of camera. The CCD's in the DSR-PD100 can be switched to scan in two ways: Interlace Scan for recording moving images and Progressive Scan for recording still images.
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HONDA EX 500 GENERATOR This 500 watt generator is relatively lightweight at 8.8kg and will give us 1.5 hours runningtime. It is a quiet and reliable which is appropriate given the circumstances.
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Aside of the equipment sponsors, there are many people who have helped make this first trip possible. Even though we are only at the beginning we would like to thank the following for their support and encouragement: Patricia Kruijer Special thanks go to the two people, who for their own reasons wish to remain anonymous… Highest Regards RM, JAY & MAX |
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