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Inspiration
Many search and rescue teams lack access to or budgets for thermal camera drones. Our project solves this problem by making it accessible to the masses. We hope an innovation like this has the potential to save lives.
What it does
Our drone attachment transmits the signal of a third-party thermal camera to any user on the ground. This allows any drone to display thermal footage. All thermal drones offered commercially cost upwards of $6-8,000. Our model undercuts this market by over 90%, cutting the need to buy a brand new drone to access thermal footage.
How we built it
Uses a Raspberry Pi to decode the signal from a thermal camera designed to plug into the bottom of the smartphone. The video output is then sent through a video transmitter to a screen on the ground. The system is enclosed in a 3D printed structure and powered by two 9 volt batteries.
Challenges we ran into
Making the system small and light enough to still be lifted by any drone, even the smallest ones, proved to be very challenging.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to fit the package on top of the drone, but only just.
What we learned
Integrating multiple parts not designed to work together proved to be far more difficult than expected.
What's next for Therma
We hope to make the design smaller and more universal, allowing it to be mounted to every single drone capable of lifting its weight.
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