We've had MPEG-4 Recorders on police motorcycles, racecars, waterproof ones on Kayaks and Windsurfboards, but a MPEG-4 Recorder on a space mission takes the cake.  I don't know how you folks find us, but we're sure glad that you do. 



The story began a few months back we were contacted by Amin from Sweden with the following request

ExNavy continues his dissection of the duck with customized MPEG-4 Recorders. 

ExNavy has become famous in Neuros circles for his hardware hacking of the MPEG-4 Recorder, including making it battery powered and a circuit that replaces the remote control. Well now he's offering custom built units with helmet cams, remoteless operation, etc. 

If you're thinking of buying a Recorder 2, I'd encourage you to take a look the QJ.net review.  It's very comprehensive and talks about the digital rights issues, etc.  Here's the link

A Federal judge recently issued an injunction barring SIMA products from selling a product because of conflicts with Macrovision.  The court case is still underway, but it certainly will not bode well for anyone that believes in digital rights, read article on arstechnica



See here to learn more about our position on digital rights.  There's a lot more at stake here than just copying DVDs.  This is genuinely a battle for control of the devices and conduits that we use to get information.  The more control Hollywood can exert, the fewer options you'll have to get your information.  Conversely, winning this battle means a free and open pipe to the world's living rooms.  Given the chance, a decade from now, a variety of devices and services will connect your living room to the content of your choosing: from home videos to independent film and news uncensored by anyone.  But it can only happen if citizens stand up and wrest control from big media now. 

May1937 has recently gotten under contract with us to get

the TI docs and hopefully develop some open source bridge code that will allow an entirely open N3 (at least that's the goal).  Of course the N3 is still a ways off, but in the meantime such a bridge thing could allow completely open audio software to run on the OSD, which would allow a

lot of cool stuff to happen.  I just thought I should make that introduction so that you all could communicate directly with Adam in the case that you share a distain for proprietary illware and want to work with him on this.