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Why the project stalled

A project log for PipeCam: Low-Cost Autonomous Underwater Camera

Low cost autonomous underwater camera for long term deployments and exploration

fred-fourieFred Fourie 11/26/2019 at 20:290 Comments

I was at a very exciting point when I last worked on this project:

1. I was getting some cool results

2. I just took delivery of my first PCB for the project.

3. There was a lot of interest. 

Then life happened ... HARD. I took a new job opportunity in a different country, uprooted my life, packed, sold my car, gave up rent and had to filter through my worldly possessions for what will make it into my two bags for my massive move.  Many aspects of this project did not make it into the bags. 

In the time it has taken for me to find my feet the project truly stalled. One big obstacle to getting started again is that I felt that the connection I had with the sea (and my neighbourhood kelp forest) has been lost. And in a big way I am still grieving that loss.

Without this turning into too big of a therapy session- I am now itching to get back in the saddle, but the pipecam as it is in the current vision may not be enough to explore the sea as it exists in my new home. Finding parts and materials in a new country with a different language has proven hugely difficult.

Time to rethink and reconsider my approach.

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