Flying Thing

An automated small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) built from open source software and commodity hardware to support wildlife monitoring in Kenya.

Flying Thing
MCopter

A remote controlled multi-rotor built from commodity hardware and flying on open source software.  The big question - Is the tech ready for use as an everyday tool for aerial imagery and mapping?  We build and test it all to find out.

MCopter
BeakGeek

Avian Sensor Network Experiment: A Citizen Science project that combines commodity cameras and wireless networks with freely available web services to collect imagery and data to support birding.

BeakGeek's Experimental Site:
http://beakgeek.org

BeakGeek
MetaMesh

Solar powered mesh nodes built with all commodity parts - many from the local hardware store.

MetaMesh
MetaMini

A 12V DC mini computer designed to run as a small server via solar powered systems.

MetaMini