Expedition Preparation - Technical Gear

The last posting I will enter before heading out tomorrow is the preparation which took place for the technical gear I would be taking on this expedition. I would like to thank Jim Hansen who has acted as my technical lead and Ann Finne who helped get the TouchSmart systems for the schools. Putting all this together has taken quite a bit of time and effort and I appreciate everyone's assistance.

Here is the list of products for the expedition:

1. Hewlett Packard's TouchSmart all in one computer system. This is what the students at Rocky Mountain, Heritage Middle and Paramount Elementary schools are using to monitor the expedition. Provides a fabulous interactive touch screen experience for the students. When we did a demo for some of the school leaders, they loved it.





2. An HP media smart server. I wanted to be able to download my video and camera shots remotely, from anywhere. If anything catastrophic took place with my cameras, my photo and video files would be safely stored at home.




3. My HP tablet. We will be wearing gloves most of the time we are in Antarctica, so I wanted to be able to see how convenient it is to a tablet in the cold temperatures.



4. HP mobile digital picture frame. I'm able to carry hundreds of my favorite photos with me at all times. Non-obtrusive and easy to carry (members of the expedition have loved it).






5. A surprise HP product that I will mention at another time






6. Something that was a surprise addition at the last moment. Jason McAnear on my team told me about "The Flip." A small video camera that was easy to upload and edit on the computer.


7. My Nikon D90 SLR camera

I asked a couple members of my team to do a quick demo to post on this blog, but I'm still experiencing video upload issues.