Web cam upgrades

So for now the webcam I have is alright but its not very clear and also isn't mac compatible.

Upgrades could include:

Wireless so could stream images to laptop

Higher resolution image even hd?

doesn't need to film so could just be used to take snap shots.

computer manual/ automatic focus

2.4GHz Wireless Webcam : Webcams : Maplin Electronics

Megapixel Webcam Pro : Webcams : Maplin Electronics

Neptune HD Webcam : HD Webcams : Maplin Electronics

Mars Webcam : Webcams : Maplin Electronics

Go to maplin and ask what is best to use?

Fruit fly capture device

Fruit Fly Trap Build a fruit fly trap out of a 2-liter plastic bottle. Fruit flies are easy to catch in warm weather. Once you catch some, you will be able to see their life cycle up-close.

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You'll need: 2-liter plastic bottle butter tub film canister masking tape fruit Make a small hole in the lid Cut top / tape it upside down Cut bottom off of bottle Tape film canister to butter tub

Add fruit to film canister / push pieces together 2 Weeks Later Watch carefully, they're tiny, it happens fast. The females in your trap will lay eggs, and in a few days they'll hatch. Watch for the different stages - eggs, larvae, pupae, fruit fly. The entire life cycle only takes about 2 weeks. Fruit Fly Colony Use your fruit fly colony to feed a spider or praying mantis living in a Predator-Prey Column.

http://www.thinkingfountain.org/t/2literbottle/2literbottle.html

Ecocolumns video

Found this nice video slideshow of peoples eco columns

window farm test

I began by trying to follow the pdf that window farms provided.

I first collected materials from the hydroponic shop

and ordered a air pump which arrives next week

Hailea ACO9610 4 outlet

I will possibly buy a digital timer

Grasslin Digital Timer

I first found it difficult to find 1.5 litre bottles but eventually found 1.5 litre pepsi bottles in poundland

I then cut out the hole in the side of the bottle and a small circle out of bottom

Then I put the clay balls into the little basket and the small pellet of peat which I put seeds in to get them to germinate

Manage something you don't know?

"8.7 million species on this earth are related to each other, we are all related, the knowledge of that relationship is ecology"

"Ecology, the knowledge of all relationships"

"now I asked these learned professors, learned students and graduates please tell me how are you going to manage something which you don't know?

The world in miniature "small is beautiful, E.f. Schumacher

Knowledge of harmony is science

Satish Kumar from the Schumacher conference 2011

To be or not to be this is the question

Lucky with my project it doesn't rely on the system to survive which Is one of the worries my lecturer is concerned about.

The whole idea is you can see what damages a system as much as what makes it flourish. Part of the process will be allowing users to learn what a natural system needs through seeing what destroys it.

People who play games such as Sims or Sim city learn through the destruction of their small worlds, when things go wrong this is when they learn.

How send sensor data to webpage

Not sure if I need a ethernet shield?

Arduino - ArduinoEthernetShield

Arduino temperature and light data-logging and chart plotting webmonitor | codetorment

Sending temperature data from the arduino to a server | jankreuter

Arduino - BarometricPressureWebServer

Components I might need or would be useful?

Prototino ATMega328 kit

Make: Arduino

Arduino Mega ADK

Data logging shield for Arduino makes saving data to files on any FAT16 or FAT32 formatted SD card really easy. The included Real Time Clock timestamps all your data with the current time, so that you know precisely what happened and when!

Data logging shield for Arduino

Keep track of time stamping

DS1307 Real Time Clock breakout board kit

FTDI Friend v1.0

It could be conveniently used as sensor hub or integrated data collector for monitoring, tracking and etc. Seeeduino Stalker - Atmega 168 Arduino Ethernet Shield