The post mentions that this can be accomplished at “a little more expense” without the effort. I assume the author is referring to the commercially available unit. Unfortunately, it is much more than a little more expensive. The nikon unit is over $700, pete’s can be made for about 1/17th of that.

Posted at 12:00 pm on May 21st, 2009 by lumstar

You assume incorrectly.
In the article, he shows that you can buy a battery pack and not modify the cradle, instead of making a battery back and modifying the cradle.

Posted at 12:39 pm on May 21st, 2009 by Caleb Kraft

Quick note about those Energizer energi-to-go thingamys, they don’t like rechargable batteries unless they’re literally just freshly charged and so the voltage is near that of an alkaline/lithium AA cell. The DC boost chip inside is only rated for 3v input and isn’t very tolerant of over voltage, somewhat annoying because I loathe buying disposable batteries, but it only cost me £1.99.

Otherwise that looks like it’s an ideal way to take photographs and store them directly to your laptop in your backpack, then all you need is one of thsoe mobile broadband dongles so with the right software you can have the photos uploaded to the web and/or a secure storage place immediately after they’re taken.

I don’t think the police would like that very much… :)

Posted at 5:12 pm on May 21st, 2009 by Haku

I still see Wires ? whats the deal?

Posted at 7:39 pm on May 21st, 2009 by billhates

@billhates:

you’re joking, right?

Posted at 8:47 pm on May 21st, 2009 by andrew

He complains that hardwiring the dongle to the cradle would mean he couldn’t plug/replug it.

Since he removed the connector anyway, just add a switch on the USB 5V line.

Posted at 2:14 am on May 22nd, 2009 by error404

Any one got an adres in the EU to buy this set?
Can’t find one in my google world.

Posted at 8:48 am on May 22nd, 2009 by Kenneth Tan

@haku
Why would the police mind?
Btw; I really like this hack, gonna try it meself!

Posted at 2:28 am on May 24th, 2009 by yorick

@yorick because the police couldn’t confiscate a memory card to get the pics, they’d already be on the interwebs

Posted at 12:32 pm on May 26th, 2009 by pyrodogg

In the Netherlands you’ve got the right to take pictures of cops as long as you let them do their job.
btw: Where are you from then?

Posted at 10:28 pm on May 26th, 2009 by Yorick