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A few months back, Director of Education Lindsay Levkoff came up with the idea for SparkFun to create a "hacker-in-residence" program. We'd invite one (or two) of the amazingly smart and motivated people we've met over the years to spend a week or two at SparkFun building something awesome.

Our first hackers in residence were Tara Tiger Brown and Sean Bonner (click their names to read more about these fine folks). Their project - the tethered quadcopter.

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Tara and Sean wanted to build a quadcopter that was tethered to the ground, allowing unlimited flight time (admittedly with a very small range) and plenty of power for peripherals. The results were pretty great! Tara and Sean also wrote a tutorial about their project - click here to learn how to build your own tethered quad!

You can also check out this blog post to learn more about Tara and Sean's time at SparkFun. Enjoy!