I visited the Bogotá hackerspace, Hackbo, a month or so ago, and chatted to them a bit about how the space is working. It's a really nice hackerspace -- in a residential block, but with four or so big well-equipped rooms, and with a really busy community, and whiteboards full of really detailed ongoing projects, which I sort of feel is the real metric of a great hackerspace.

One of the projects that has shifting from being a prototype to being a potential full-time work for a bunch of the key hackers is this:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hpsaturn/lumera-transform-your-camera-into-the-smartest-one

It's a linux-based plugin for Digital SLR cameras (if you don't see your camera listed, ask, because they're adding them as they go) that gives you bluetooth LE remote operation, background transfer to online picture services via your phone or wifi. The hardware will be openhardware, the code is FLOSS. The device is going to sell for $150 USD ($170 canadian -- they're working with a Canadian group to do the logistics).

Anyway, I just noticed that they're 3 days to go on their kickstarter, but still have a way to go. I don't have any financial connection with these guys or the hackerspace, but I try to plug good hacking projects when I can. I think this'd be a fun gadget to have if you have a DSLR and are interested in doing some connected messing with it, either with the existing features of Lumera or extending it.

That's all!

Feel free to forward this around to any communities you think might be interested!

Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hpsaturn/lumera-transform-your-camera-into-the-smartest-one

Hackbo:
http://hackbo.co/

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