WEEK 6, June 26 - 30, 2017

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Monday June 26, 2017


  • Worked on Inventory List (Melissa, Grecia)
    • Reorganized drawers and cabinets according to the inventory.
  • Used Dremel to shape the foam to fix the cameras (Melissa)
  • Worked on the netting for the payload (Vasila, Grecia)
  • Worked on the programming of the Raspberry Pi (Enes, Jonny, Sam)

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