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Opendata

widlabadmin — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:21:20 +0000

Hackathon – Great day at Spaghetti Opendata (#SOD13) and nice place to meet other creative folk.

SpacePart12: photo shoot session

widlab — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:57:20 +0000

Photo shoot session with interviews in the media studio with Paola Catapano, at CERN during the SpacePart12‘s talks.

G. Bignami - INAF President - Italy

E. Stone - Caltech - USA

W. Gerstenmaier - NASA - USA

R. Battiston - INFN and Trento Univ. - Italy

E. Stone - Caltech - USA

L. Baldini - INFN - Italy

SpacePart12: behind the scenes

widlab — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:04:40 +0000

Not just three minutes of video…

01. Images selection

02. Images resolution

03. Alpha channels

04. 3D modelling

05. Rendering (means a long coffee break)

06. Video Sequence Editing

07. Color correction

08. Music and backgroud sound

09. Text editing

10. AV Syncronization

11. Rendering (another long coffee break)

12. Repeat this workflow for 5, 10, 20 times… and finally… ta-da… voilà SpacePart12 !

SpacePart12 from widlab on Vimeo.

SpacePart12 – Imagine Science Film Festival at NY

widlab — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:53:08 +0000

The short film SpacePart12 will be screned at New York Imagine Science Film Festival.

SpacePart12 from widlab on Vimeo.

SpacePart12 – New conference’s website

widlab — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:46:57 +0000

Based on INDICO (Integrated Digital Conferencing) we have developed the conference website, with registration interface and presenter’s abtracts. With new website, we have created new logo of the conference, the poster, the book of abstracts and the eBook.
The 4th International Conference on Particle and Fundamental Physics in Space ( SpacePart12 ) will take place at CERN ( Geneva, Switzerland ) on November 5-7, 2012.

One year ago: AMS-02

widlab — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:34 +0000

May 16, 2011

WIDrone

widlab — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:04:39 +0000

widlab and FlyingThink compete with WIDrone in the UAVforge contest.

UAVForge is a DARPA and SSC-LANT initiative aimed at using a diverse global intellectual base to collaboratively design, build and manufacture advanced micro unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems.

MILESTONE 3 – Live Demo

WIDrone from widlab on Vimeo.

With thanks to:
Andrea Sala and aslatech.com
Michele Gruppioni
FlightTech.it as COTS supplier

In this phase we have obtained these strengths:

- Full carbon fiber airframe
- LightWeight < 4 lb
- Modular and scalable
- Portable
- Ready to fly < 1 min
- Self made SW + Flight Control Board
- Stable in hard wind condition
- AVG cruising speed 30 mph
- Altitude up to 1,000 feet
- Landing roof pitch up to 30°
- Take off from sloped surface capability
- Compass mode
- Way point flight capability
- Follow me function
- Back to home function
- Great energy autonomy
- Long range video transmission

Technical data (last updated)
Voltage	15	V
Capacity	12	Ah
Energy stored	180	Wh
Batteries weight	1080	gr
Frame weight	200	gr
Powerteain weight	520	gr
Flight control	48.5	gr
Camera	50	gr
Gimbal 2 axis	50	gr
Video transmitter	57	gr
Wiring	50	gr
TOTAL	20.2	N
Hovering specific consumption	12	W/N
Hovering consumption	242	W

Missions phases details (last updated)	Time	Power	Consumption
	[min]	[W]	[Wh]
Setup – 3min	3	242	12.1
Take-off and first inspection of area	2	242	8.1
Flight to point of observation	6	330	33.0
Inspection of landing area	4	242	16.1
Landing and observation mode	180	15	45.0
Take-off – 1min	1	242	4.0
Flight @home	6	330	33.0
Landing – 1min	1	242	4.0
TOTAL	3h 38min		155.4

Intersting flight test regarding the stability:

WIDrone from widlab on Vimeo.

MILESTONE 2 – Proof of flight

Great voting result for WIDrone team:

VOTING RESULT

In this phase we improved the flight stability.

WIDrone from widlab on Vimeo.

MILESTONE 1 – Concept

WIDrone from widlab on Vimeo.

Technical data (preliminary)

- # 4 livelihood motors | 4x50W in hovering
- # 1 horizontal traction motor | 100W in traslate flight
- Weight: 1.750gr in flight’s mode | under the limits defined by the preliminary international rules
- High efficiency propellers
- 10A/15V batteries

Mission scenario (preliminary)

- Cruising speed: 20 [ml/h]
- Energy available = 10A x 15V = 150 [Wh]

- Mission’s estimated total time: 3h 38min
- Estimated power consumption: 101.7 [Wh]

Missions phases details (preliminary)	Time	Power	Consumption
	[min]	[W]	[Wh]
Setup – 3min	3	200	10.0
Take-off and first inspection of area	2	200	6.7
Flight to point of observation	6	100	10.0
Inspection of landing area	4	200	13.3
Landing and observation mode	180	15	45.0
Take-off – 1min	1	200	3.3
Flight @home	6	100	10.0
Landing – 1min	1	200	3.3
TOTAL	3h 38min		101.7

WIDrone in the UAVforge contest

widlab — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:28:49 +0000

widlab competes with WIDrone in the UAVforge contest.

UAVForge is a DARPA and SSC-LANT initiative aimed at using a diverse global intellectual base to collaboratively design, build and manufacture advanced micro unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems.

WIDrone from widlab on Vimeo.

HOW LONG – New York Imagine Science Film Festival

widlab — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:46:41 +0000

The short film HOW LONG will be screned at New York Imagine Science Film Festival.

How long from widlab on Vimeo.

NASA – Kennedy Space Center . AMS-02 & STS-134

widlab — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:51:44 +0000

WIDLAB was given a unique opportunity to document and to spherically photograph the astrophysic experiment AMS-02, that will reach the International Space Station with the STS-134 Mission from NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US.

It’s the last flight for the Space Shuttle Endeavour, after 19 years of service.

WIDLAB follows and documents the AMS-02 experiment since his mechanical integration at CERN, Genève.
The spherical panoramas were captured at a high resolution and then elaborated for an immersive presentation on AMS-02 website.
Special thanks go out to AMS Collaboration and NASA & KSC Contractors employees.