RE: MICHAEL is safely in Rochester

["Albertson, Chris" <CAlbertson@primeadvantage.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stupendous Man [mailto:richmond@a188-l009.rit.edu]
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:29 PM

>   My plan is to keep the camera indoors until the weather
> improves: Rochester is one of the cloudiest places in the lower
> 48 during the winter.  I'll be working on a proper enclosure
> for the unit and adding a few extra sensors during this time;
> adding some dust covers would be nice, too.  I hope that 
> Chris Albertson will be able to use me as an alpha tester.

Maybe ARNE will be on-line first?  Actually I was able to do
useful work with Nick's Mk III even in the daytime with his enclosure
closed.  Just leave the lens caps on and we will see if we
can get the camera to point around inside your enclosure and
take pictures of the back side of a lens cap.  This is one argument
for an enclosure large enough to allow a full range of movement
even with the door closed:  You can test software in the winter.

I've been thinking about how to make a good Mk IV enclosure and
the best idea so far works like a roll top desk.  It would be a
half or third cylinder.  You've seen those industrial garage doors
made out of steel slats that roll up around a ceiling mounted drum.
Mount one of those doors on a horizontal plane but have them bend
the track into a half circle.  If the door is to large there are
smaller security shutters for home windows that work the same way.