[NBLUG/talk] What exciting project are you working on that is Linux related?

[Omar Eljumaily]

Has anybody tried video image processing?  I think something Raspberry 
Pi is not practical for video processing.  Even most desktop systems 
don't work very well for this in my experience. Specialized hardware is 
generally necessary as far I can tell.

Are there cheap specialized image processing chips these days?  I know 
that GPUs have crossover applications for things like Bitcoin mining.  
Does anybody have experience in that realm?

One reason I'm asking is that I currently have an application that needs 
fast OCR.  We seem to throw more and more hardware at it and it's always 
too slow.

Thanks,

Omar

On 2/9/2015 2:31 PM, jezra wrote:
> by using GNU Linux, I can easily expand the system to do what I need it
> to do. Such as:
> 1. connect a camera and check on the chickens remotely
> 2. open and close the door using my mobile phone
> 3. check the temperature in the coop and turn on a lamp if needed
> 4. play a special tone to signify that the door is about to close
>
> Most importantly, using GNU Linux lets me use the skills I already have
> and allows me to program in the language of my choosing.
>
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:34:18 -0800
> "Robert P. Thille" <list-nblug-talk at rangat.org> wrote:
>
>> On 02/08/2015 05:57 PM, jezra wrote:
>>> I'm working on a GNU Linux powered chicken coop door. :)
>> Heh, using Linux for something like that seems like swatting a fly
>> with a bazooka.  I'd think that's a job for a ~$1 Microchip PIC and a
>> RTC chip, or even just do the time keeping in software...
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:21:12 -0500
>>> Zack Gold <zg at nblug.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Only as much detail that doesn't breach NDAs!
>>>>
>>>> I'm not doing anything particularly interesting at work myself that
>>>> involves Linux, but I'm curious about others input.
>>>>
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