There's nothing wrong with the Microduino as far as I can tell. I just always belive that there maybe a better or different way of doing everything.
Yes relay station would be possible and the real time data is for two reasons
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we then know that we are getting data and that we aren't just wasting time. If there is a fault and we need to swop the egg we would make that call.
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It would be very cool
I know on that face of it that sounds like a stupid answer but Vultures have a bad rep and anything that helps people be interetsed in the very important work we are doing is of great help. Also it would be nice to be able to have a real time video feed that we can look at the position of the egg on the screen as the bird moves it. we could then record both at the same time so that we have even more data on what actions and movements the bird does and the effect on the egg. We already stream from cameras on the nests and a simple PIP would be simple enough.
here are the pictures