High-Tech, Low Cost Expeditions' Justin Hall FRGS ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY TALK, EXPLORE NOV 2015
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For 35 years the EXPLORE weekend at the Royal Geographical Society has been the incubator and supporter of exploration. Across the years, 1000s of expeditions undertaken by the young and intrepid have taken shape, found support and set off from what is often described as the epee-center of global exploration…. The Royal Geographical Society. I'm proud to say I have been a Fellow of the society for almost 16 years now. In my mind, the EXPLORE weekend is my favorite date in the calendar. Its as if the event acts like a people magnet, drawing in the intrepid. Strolling the oak paneled corridors of this iconic venue is a wonder in itself... but brushing shoulders with those who view the world with wonder and want to know more is is the real joy of Explore... In a strange way, everyone who attends has, or is about to, put a pin in a map, set themselves on a path towards something extraordinary. Standing on stage, as I started my lecture, I couldn't help imaging those pathways fanning out from the crowded theatre across the globe. A multitude of journeys yet to be...Inquisitive minds heading out across mountains, jungles, deserts, oceans and icy landscapes.... It was a wonderful vision in my minds eye... if only i could have articulated it! High Tech Exploration: My talk: a high speed introduction to 'High-Tech, Low Cost Expeditions' and how today, more than ever, I feel technology can be used to dramatic enhance your en-devours, help communicate discoveries and enrich your story. I uploaded this with a recording of the talk attached but sadly this service doesn't support it... For more details contact me jus@runningman.tv
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High-Tech, Low Cost Expeditions' Justin Hall FRGS ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY TALK, EXPLORE NOV 2015
- 1. HIGHTECH / LOW COST EXPEDITIONS JUSTIN HALL FRGS ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY EXPLORE 2015 Data Sheet of this talk available for download: www.Rippleeffect.co A Quick Guide
- 3. Positive Outcome: (2000) Location: Suriname, South America Tribe: Wayana Tribe of Kwamahaken Focus: Impact of Gold Mining on Indigenous community Tech: Military spec laptop linked to satellite ++ Aim: Communicate observations/tribal perspectives via web to a global audience IMPACT:THE STORY FROM ABOVE EXPLORING THE ISSUE REAL WORLD ADVENTURE COMMUNICATING DISCOVERY RECEIVING THE NEWS JUNGLE EMAIL NEW TOOLS A NEW RELATIONSHIP HENK SHAKES ON DEAL TRIBAL STATEMENT TO THE WORLD Learning of the issues and process Justin with HK the gold concession owner HOME LANDS LEADER ASONGO ANCESTRAL MAP APPLY TECH
- 4. STORYTELLING TECHNOLOGIES 3D IMMERSIVE CAPTURE / CONTROL SYSTEMS ADVANCED TRACKING AERIAL PATROL & SURVEY ADVANCED FIELD COMS STARLIGHT NIGHT VISION & THEMAL DETECTION SPECTRAL LAND SCANS MOTION DETECTION / TRACKING SYSTEMS MULTI-ROTORRV HELI UNDERWATER 360 ROV DOCECA GEO-IMMERSIVE 360 VIDEO CAPTURE 3D HANDHELD LASER SCANNERS SURVEY / PRESENCE NON PRESENCE SYSTEM ADVANCED FIELD COMS & MESH NETS LIDHAR 3D LANDSCANNING
- 5. ©Ripple Effect Media: March 2010
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- 9. TRUE 360°: OCULUS RIFT READY PLATFORM
- 14. MILITARY BLACK HORNET £60,000 Each ASCTEC FALCON 8 360° Capture £45.000 POINT CLOUD LIDAR AERIALSYSTEMS PHOTOGRAMMETRY SFM SYSTEMS SITE SURVEY
- 15. DJI ASPIRE 1 £2000+ DJI PHANTOM 2 £500+ cheaper second hand
- 16. 3DR DRONE SUB $1000 • 25minsFlight • 1hourCharge • LiveStreaming
- 17. NEBULA4000 Sub1Kiloload £450.00 Needs camera Best for Sony A7s DJIRONNINM Load3.6kilo £969.95 ProSteadyCam£50,000 SpecialistOperator £1.500+perday DJIOSMO 4KBuiltin £500launchedlastmonth Linkstophone STEADYCAMS Get Cinematic values at low cost
- 20. GRAAVA BIOMETRICVIDEO£270preorder(DeliveryFeb2016) Autoeditsvideousingheartbeat,motion andSound…
- 21. The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) map-centric sun and moon calculator SAS Survival Guide ($5.99) MOTIONX GPS($9.99) Mapping and Route Planning MOTIONX GPS SMARTDEVICES PHONES& TABLETS
- 22. THERMAL CAM FLIR £139 THURAYA SAT SLEAVE £420 STRUCTURE SENSOR £250 GOPANO 360° £39 Launching Soon RODE PRO SOUND DXO-1 DSLR £499
- 24. KINETIC AMPY £75 HYDRO & WIND POWERMONKEY £355 SOLAR High Wattage Solar for laptops POWER THERMAL BioLite £105
- 25. KINETIC AMPY £75
- 26. GOOD LUCK • All tech costs cash, has a learning curve, takes time to use and can fail. Have a backup plan • Balance wish list with your needs. Q: What will actually enhance your efforts? AND REMEMBER DOWNLOAD DATA SHEET FROM THIS TALK www.rippleeffect.co
Editor's Notes
- Good Morning Everybody... Favourite date in the calendar here at RGS... This weekend acts is like a magnetic, drawing in the intrepid among us. Decided to pin in the map, Set yourself on a path and are heading towards the extraordinary…. Paths fanning out from this great hall across the globe … across mountains, jungles, deserts, oceans and icy One things for certain … there are some amazing adventure being planned here… and i cant wait to learn more For my part, I’m here to share with you a few of the small steps I’ve taken, some of the technologies that I’ve stumbled upon along the way, and why I feel that more than ever, that todays technologies can dramatically enhance your endeavour’s/ help communicate discovery and enrich each of your stories. To offer you some context, I want to quickly take you back to a time before google… and google maps when the web was in its infancy.
- In 2000 I embarked on this expedition…… Grabbing all the tools I charted a journey The aim…to use technology to explore the forces impacting the area and communicate via the web how the tribes felt about the future...
- We covered a lot of ground and a lot of issues. Across 90 days of the expedition over 1 million people joined us online line. But the key moment, one that has inspired me ever since, came when as having looked at the work of a gold mine are work resulted in the most remarkable thing.. As direct result of being on line …. relinquished his claim to a 100,000 hectare forest concession. Essentially offering to giving back to the land to theTribe. more complex than I can explain here but in the simplest sense this event set me on my path
- Now utterly convinced of the power of the web and interactive expeditions, I entered what I can only describe as my mad professor era… Scouring the globe for more tech I could use. harassed R&D departments of from San Fran to Tokyo Sneaked into Military expos, … Found emerging technologies
- I made plans.. big plans on how best to use it all… I built interactive storytelling websites to host all the adventures, An Expedition Portal and storytelling tool Complete with interactive mapping to chart the journeys… I envisioned and rendered incredibly complex and immersive 3D virtual worlds…
- I made plans.. big plans on how best to use it all… I built interactive storytelling websites to host all the adventures, An Expedition Portal and storytelling tool Complete with interactive mapping to chart the journeys… I envisioned and rendered incredibly complex and immersive 3D virtual worlds…
- I made plans.. big plans on how best to use it all… I built interactive storytelling websites to host all the adventures, An Expedition Portal and storytelling tool Complete with interactive mapping to chart the journeys… I envisioned and rendered incredibly complex and immersive 3D virtual worlds…
- This is mission control complete with biometrics…++ a platform designed to Engagae Enform and Empower
- Ultimately I formulated a project entitled ‘AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS’ … here watch this.. Now sadly it never truly came to fruition… it might have had something to do with the 10 MILLION POUND price tag, but I thinking it was more that I was producing it from my bedroom… and that at the time there was no real way to deliver the types of content I had in mind.
- Fast forward to today Excited to share a few ideas Completely diff Landscape Made it to the Open market /high street Scale in complexity and cost
- The ability to immerse your audience in all that you see and offer them the choice of what they look at/focus on is the promise of 360 Video There are lots of players in this game and the big boys like Jaunt are trying to work out how to shoot movies with the format. However what we do lends itself beautifully to this amazing experience. PLAY EXAMPLE Imagine as you stand on the summit or navigate rapids or just sit around a tribal fire… sharing these experiences with the wider world is now an affordable option.
- Entry level devices Fairly low res but affordable and within reach Key thing is that Each of these systems are already Youtube ready..
- As of March 15 each of these cameras can be uploaded directly Offer This short of experience.. Imagine what you can do.. As you push for the summit, ride a rapid or sit around the campfire…
- There are of course innumerable ways to apply your Eyes in Sky and Aerial platform Complex system like these Until recently Realm of serious profession Expensive /fragile……. Piloted Buy Specialist. … Not any more
- Have a look at this clip as I think it illustrates where we are today. It’s from a recent research trip to Colombia Not bad right.. Almost bbc values.. two things at work here that create those values, nice aerial angles and smooth on ground motion… Now consider it was shot on a nutshell budget by myself and my girlfriend… who's not the best pilot… on a nutshell budget… and you can do the same Here's two tools to help you do it…
- Sub 1000. this is amazing leap forward …..out few months ago Shoot like pro push of button Clever automatic Modes.. follow Chart point to point so you can then guide camera Orbital and hands few If you feel the need …then Selfie It streams live, last for 25min and charges an hour.. Very clever
- Smooth on the ground visuals used to cost a fortune, 50k for rig 1500 a day for specialist, no running through the jungle
- This is a bit premature but it's an idea worth sharing. I have always thought wonder if you could find a tangible way of showing how the person on screen actual feels as they go through an adventure... There’s a lot more you can do with a fit than count you steps and sleep patterns. Take the data and use it in novel way There's some advanced sytems out there
- In use by Emergency service, Expensive but Great for Big Expedition in Dangerous Places track and map there progress… however have a look at this.
- Clever little beasty…. is the Graava… It’s a life Cam.. Strap it on imagine what you could do and how you could apply it.. Navigating your adventure via heartbeat.. Share your thumbing heart
- No need to tell you .. 4K Time-lapse, can track and map our every move, link us socially and so much more With 1 million apps no surprise, lots load up take with Love this.. bush crafts and worst case scenarios Bear grills, Empheris… Know where you are.. Sunrise Mountains.. Great for time-lapse… Tracking etc But it's not just apps
- Apps just the start.. Phones Loaded with senses.. If they haven’t got them you can enhance you system with a whole host of bolt ons..
- I Love this one Think really relevant to what we do… no signal.. Links via Bluetooth turns VHF communicator Communicates with anyone who has the system TEXT AND LOCATION Huge potential rapid responders in disaster areas Could use Radios… but existing hardware.. Good innovation
- Power quickly.. Great advances in this field The good news is traveling alone … power pefferials Head lights, coms, smart devices, power packs Reduce workload power cycles delegate person kit laptops and complex systems bigger solar look for high wattage ... ... Want to show you this … I love .... Out next month
- Clever system .. Out Dec /tried few months ago As you hack through the forest it charges 1 hour walk 1 hour talk.
- For all the tech .. Just Tip of iceburg There's One system that I have to highlight before I go If you apply this with your project It will communicate … what you do, what you hope to do better than any I have shown you here today It will steer you more surly than any compos.. Store and record you experience more complete than anything I know And It will power you on until the utter end.. I am of course talking about your heart As Explorers, Adventures, Scientist, Scholar, Field works and Fellows.. We may not always have the means to make are projects happen NOW Don’t worry Courage is you currency Bravery , Determination and Vision, the things you As these things are governed by your heart … be sure to apply it in all you do.. Because if you do Ever Step you take will bring you closer to where your heart would have yu go… I've run out of time But I'm here across the weekend so please feel free to grab me as keen to learn about your project help if I can Most of all I look forward to the day when Hope offer you some ideas