Maker Faire Bay Area 2010
HIBAL Near Space Balloon Topic(s): Engineering

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An inexpensive balloon designed and built by three college students. Sent to the extremely high altitudes of near space (100,000 ft) along with a camera, scientific instruments, and HAM radio. Pictures taken are from the very edge of space and the curvature of the Earth is easily visible.

Web site: http://apteryx.hibal.org

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About the Maker(s)

Greg Klein hibal.org
A small collection of students interesting in the engineering and construction of various electrical and engineering projects.
http//hibal.org