{"id":5405,"date":"2013-08-02T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2013-08-02T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T10:00:31","slug":"dave-akerman-prepares-the-high-altitude-babbage-bear-raspberrypi-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5405","title":{"rendered":"Dave Akerman prepares the High-Altitude Babbage Bear \/ #RaspberryPi flight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated: Added link at the bottom to tracking info<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/\">Dave Akerman<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1321\">planning a Sunday, 11th August midday launch<\/a> for his latest high-altitude balloon flight. This time, he will be releasing a payload with a separate parachute at 39,000 metres. The payload is one &#8216;Bionic Babbage&#8217; bear, pictured below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1321\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1080179-682x10241.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He hopes to replicate the famous Felix Baumgartner skydive with Babbage and hopefully take video of the drop using the inbuilt Raspberry Pi camera module.<\/p>\n<p>Having met Babbage and Dave at the last Cambridge Raspberry Jam, I truly hope that the little guy makes it safely to Earth and wish him a soft landing and speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1321\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bionic Babbage prepares for Ted Bull Stratos Flight | Dave Akerman\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dave_ackerman1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1321\">Read Dave&#8217;s full article on his preparations and aims for the flight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To help with tracking, or to follow the payload and the chase car, please refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1343\">this post on Dave&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: Added link at the bottom to tracking info Dave Akerman is planning a Sunday, 11th August midday launch for his latest high-altitude balloon flight. 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