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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by caa09hh on Sunday September 13, 2009 @04:54PM (#820571)
These are the kinds of things that make me want to attend MIT. You can easily market these things if you made them user-friendly. Maybe even put a steering mechanism on them?
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by gcheong on Sunday September 13, 2009 @06:51PM (#820693)
Why do you think these things are peculiar to MIT?
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by cesare on Sunday September 13, 2009 @07:16PM (#820723)
Top notch marketing/PR? ;-)
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by joshhart on Sunday September 13, 2009 @06:56PM (#820697)
Because of this: "Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh". At a state school, it can be quite difficult to find another person willing to help you build your dreams.
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by eob on Sunday September 13, 2009 @07:15PM (#820721)
As someone who went to a state school for undergrad, worked for a few years, and is currently at MIT for a PhD: Yes. MIT is a magical place like none other.

It's hard to put it more concisely.. The whole school just has an aura of "what the hell, let's try it" and a the professors and financial backing to make it happen.

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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by cesare on Sunday September 13, 2009 @07:46PM (#820767)
It seem that financial backing wasn't needed for this project. Isn't the cheap cost the surprising factor here?
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by eob on Sunday September 13, 2009 @09:22PM (#820893)
Sure. I was making a statement about MIT, not this project.
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Re:MIT Students Take Pictures from 93,000 ft on $150 Budget. by caa09hh on Monday September 14, 2009 @07:31PM (#822878)
I do not think that they are peculiar to MIT. I didn't say that at all. All was saying was that MIT has made so many amazing things in the past and it would be an amazing experience to be part of their program.
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