mark wrote:
> ....gonna launch a computerized weather balloon, of couse! 
> 
> And of course, I need to write the flight control software in Ruby,
> because it is my favourite language.  Anyone know how to control a
> digital camera from ruby (under linux...)
> 
> Or, failing that, how to talk to a gps receiver?  I'll need to
> communicate with muxes as well.

I can't help you offhand, but I just wanted to say this is the
coolest thing I've heard of in a month or more.

Actually, as for controlling devices... you might look into the
home automation realm. There are some Linux-based solutions there,
probably including security cameras and such.


Hal