Nokia N95 + Kite = new meaning to “go fly a kite”

July 5th, 2007 by Scott Janousek
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I’m not sure if this is considered device “sacrilege” by Nokia, but it does give new meaning to the term “go fly a kite”.

Appears as though they are using heavy industrial tape to hold their $700 investment (Nokia N95) in place …

What’s next? Actually, it wouldn’t surprise me to see someone attempt some sort of an underwater adventure (complete with sealed watertight case)!?

N95 Kite

I wonder if iPhone users would attempt to do this (haven’t heard much about drop tests as of late, but N95 is pretty solid from the couple drops I’ve had) …

Also, it’s sad, but the iPhone doesn’t support this quality of video (“5MP”) … come to think of it, I don’t believe iPhone supports video at all, as the camera features are currently very limited out of the box … perhaps an update will fix that, though (well, not the 2MP part).

Speaking of aerial footage with mobile devices, this was also interesting a while back (don’t think I posted about it)… DIY aerial photo system.

I think it’s highly unlikely that you you’ll be doing anything like that, anytime soon with the iPhone … even if the iPhone looks “James Bond” like. :)

I bet Mike Downey would enjoy this sort of stuff, as from what I can gather, he’s a bit of an aviation enthusiast?

N95 aerial photo system

Disclaimer:

Scott Janousek does not the condone the actions described in this post. Use your own digression when attempting these “stunts”. :)

4 Responses to “Nokia N95 + Kite = new meaning to “go fly a kite””

  1. ryan Says:

    hey thats pretty cool… I read and article on hackaday.com that was really similar… they used a helium balloon instead. I guess its a little less shakey..

    http://www.hackaday.com/2006/05/10/helium-balloon-aerial-photography/

    sigh, technology hey?

  2. smartwen Says:

    cool

  3. saL-onE Says:

    seems there is an optical zoom lens out which you can connect to the camera on the n95 and a case for the n95, i can’t wait for more gadgets..

    regards,

    sal
    http://sal-one.com/

  4. Scott Janousek Says:

    Yes, just like Apple and iPhone, I expect there will be a small contingent of N95 device accessories … but product cycles at Nokia are faster than Apple, so not too many. :)

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