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Not precisely and directly related to a business, but man, what a inspiring story, IMO.


Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth



Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth - CNN.com

Story Highlights
  • MIT students launch camera 17 miles up into near-space to take photos
  • They put a camera in a beer cooler and attached it to a weather balloon
  • Oliver Yeh and Justin Lee say they spent only $148 on the effort
  • A number of do-it-yourselfers post similar projects online and learn from each other
"For me, it was just about not being afraid to do what I love to do," said Yeh, a 20-year-old MIT senior studying computer science and electrical engineering. "Before, people were just kind of like, 'That's a crazy idea; there he goes all over again.' (Yeh once convinced a friend to float the Charles River with him on a raft made of plastic bottles.)

...

He said Yeh is the kind of person who has tons of zany ideas, so many that he's not always taken seriously.


"Oliver also has a tendency to dream big without necessarily thinking about the required steps," he said. "He was like, 'Oh, let's go into space tomorrow!' And I was like, 'No, Oliver, we can't just release a balloon into space tomorrow ... We want it to succeed. We don't want it to fail.' "


Lee said he admires Yeh's out-there imagination -- and his ability to follow up on his dreams.


"A lot of people have ideas but don't do anything with them, but he actually does them," Lee said.
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