Make your dreams happen: Students launch camera to edge of space

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Not precisely and directly related to a business, but man, what a inspiring story, IMO.


Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth



Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth - CNN.com

Story Highlights

• MIT students launch camera 17 miles up into near-space to take photos
• They put a camera in a beer cooler and attached it to a weather balloon
• Oliver Yeh and Justin Lee say they spent only $148 on the effort
• A number of do-it-yourselfers post similar projects online and learn from each other

"For me, it was just about not being afraid to do what I love to do," said Yeh, a 20-year-old MIT senior studying computer science and electrical engineering. "Before, people were just kind of like, 'That's a crazy idea; there he goes all over again.' (Yeh once convinced a friend to float the Charles River with him on a raft made of plastic bottles.)

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He said Yeh is the kind of person who has tons of zany ideas, so many that he's not always taken seriously.


"Oliver also has a tendency to dream big without necessarily thinking about the required steps," he said. "He was like, 'Oh, let's go into space tomorrow!' And I was like, 'No, Oliver, we can't just release a balloon into space tomorrow ... We want it to succeed. We don't want it to fail.' "


Lee said he admires Yeh's out-there imagination -- and his ability to follow up on his dreams.


"A lot of people have ideas but don't do anything with them, but he actually does them," Lee said.

 

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