There is an opening at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) for an intern to collect high-resolution aerial photos with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  Responsibilities will include assembly of UAVs, maintenance and repair of UAVs, weekly operation of UAVs to collect images, processing of collected images,…

The last few weeks have been an exciting time for the Ecosynth Project with the release of a greatly updated Wiki and a successful training workshop for folks from the Harvard Graduate School of Design…

Snowfall can be beautiful and informative from 80 meters altitude. With snow on the ground, we can see how people travel through their environment, shaping it along the way.

View the whole scan area (13 MB, hosted on box)

After a UMBC snowfall on March 5th, the EcoSynth octocopter took flight to…

Hello,

My name is Mark Berube, I am an Graduate student at UMass Boston and I am building an Octocopter using the parts list listed under v3.1 Hybrid Mikrokopter-Arducopter Octocopter. I was curious if anyone has or knows how to get the wiring schematic of how everything is wired, or knows where i could find it. Ive got the frame built and have the parts but I am stuck on how to wire everything up.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Semper Fi

Mark…

Warning: Lots of hi res images!

This is my Ecosynth scan of the UMBC campus (view in interactive 3D!).  I've been thinking about doing a large combined scan like this one for a while, and this…

I've just finished updating the licensing information for a large part of the Ecosynth project content online.  The content on the following Ecosynth websites is now available under a Creative Commons Attribution…

Do more with your smartphone than just looking at cat videos - a group from Finland has developed an app for forest timber crusing using your phone's camera and accelerometers.…