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E.A.G.E.L. (NOT a drone)

ongoing | Berlin

Messing around with wordpress editor

A silly hand-drawn illustration of the device with little hedgehog.

TODO: mention move to IR, mention summer school

TODO: footnotes

A simple DIY “not-a-drone” streaming either live camera or infrared feed using Seeedstudio’s Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense. Part of the TechTales exhibition at UNI_VERSUM..

For more details, including the code, check out the github repo.

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Acronym: E.A.G.E.L. Aerostat, Giving Electronics a Lift
English “eagle” homophone to German “Igel” = “hedgehog”
What better animal to associate with a balloon-lifted aerial camera than a near-blind spiky little critter?

“Technically” NOT considered a drone -> potentially skirts legal restrictions on where it can be flown (check your local restrictions)

Contact

Living the Forest Lab | Reallabor Wald

Sara Reichert

s.reichert@tu-berlin.de

Athena Grandis

athena.grandis@tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin
Faculty IV Electrical Engeneering and Computer Science
Communication Systems EN 1
Einsteinufer 43 10589 Berlin

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    From a small town in Mecklenburg (Northern Germany), surrounded by mostly forests and lakes, with my head always in the clouds and interested in every book I could get my little hands on. I’ve gone from studying mechanical engineering, history, classical archaeology, to now finally trying to finish my degree in informatics.  

    While working IT at Radbahn Berlin to finance my studies, I met Sara and later  joined her project. Now I’m teaching myself electrical engineering, endlessly tinkering with things, and trying to be useful while learning along the way.  

    I also help seniors at a local library and am part of a nonprofit trying to improve Berlin.

    1. Tech Tales
    2. Living the Forest Lab in Corsica
    3. CityLAB Summer School 2025: City.Forest.Lab.
    4. Patching Gone Wild
    5. E.A.G.E.L. (NOT a drone)