I just had an idea.
It’s called the Aerialsonde: a compact, lightweight board for monitoring purposes.
Included in the board (there might be several variations): a radio transmitter (amateur or perhaps cellular), an altimeter, a small camera, and logic.
It could be programmed to transmit on various frequencies (via actual programming or swapping out of parts, I don’t know), to broadcast pictures at intervals, and do any number of other things.
They could be attached to balloons or kites, or dropped out of airplanes with parachutes.
They might be useful for wind monitoring and research (extra monitoring gear could be designed in for this), or for seeing where they go, or just for taking pictures from high up.
I may or may not be developing this. Expect a website for it if I do, though.
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