High-altitude balloonist with a taste for Pi: a teddy bear controlled by a Raspberry Pi computer reaches an altitude of 39,000 from teddy bear in online Watch Video
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Description: Move over, Felix Baumgartner: the Austrian daredevil's skydiving record has been smashed by a bionic teddy bear powered by Cambridge technology.nnLast August, Babbage Bear soared up to 39,000 metres - over 30 metres higher than Baumgartner's ascent - before plummeting back to Earth. The cuddly toy was controlled by a tiny Raspberry Pi computer, which communicated with ground control and transmitted still and video pictures throughout his mission into the upper atmosphere.nnSoftware programmer an
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