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Originally Posted by tomy
dang that is what i thought
anyone know if there is power outlets in the stands at the Williams regional in Minnesota?
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I have been at Williams since 2008 and I am willing to bet there are no outlets anywhere near the stands, inverters were used widely the past year when classmates were frequently dying due to lack of power at the drivers station. Take a spare Anderson connector attach a dc female plug to it and power away, or use alligator clips (though that is less safe).
Williams arena and the sports pavilion are fairly well covered in University of Minnesota Wi-fi which does have guest access, it is just a matter of whether or not it will interfere with the FRC control system and get turned off (though this did not occur last year) so there is a chance it will still be on. I am doubtful but it may be possible for you to connect through that network but I have a feeling both your Laptop and iPad would have to be connected to the same access point.
As for setting up your own wifi network, besides it being illegal, there is about a 1% chance you could receive a wireless signal from the sports pavilion (the pits) at Williams arena (the field)
As for bluetooth wouldn't you have the same issue of running out of battery since bluetooth has a range of 30 feet or so. If you want I can try to use a remote mouse program over wifi at the university of Minnesota (deliberately connecting to different wifi hotspots) with my phone sometime this week and see if it works.