Our favorite Soviet-Era display that found its way into a present-day kit now displays time from orbiting satellites. A GPS module patched into an Ice Tube Clock with modified firmware will be able to provide a satellite-synced time.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.30 at 06:29
[Markus] built his own reverse geocache puzzle box but on a smaller scale than the original. His is based around a PIC 18F2520 and powered by two AAA batteries.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.02 at 17:53
[Michael] designed this display board to mimic the appearance of a police car pulling you over. It resides in the rear window of his car (facing forward) as the controller board measures the speed of the vehicle.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.04.09 at 04:28
[Sparky] notified us of his hack to allow interaction with the core of an Aldi GO Cruise 4300 GPS Windows CE OS. All that’s required is a few programs and registry edits to the GPS, which anyone can accomplish within a few minutes.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.03.23 at 22:58
If you’ve played any of the Splinter Cell games you’ll remember the PDA that [Sam Fisher] carried around with him. What if you could have one of your own when playing capture-the-flag? [Brad] has created the ZephyrEye as an electronic command and communications device for real-life games.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.02.15 at 19:40
[Terry] is planning to launch his high altitude balloon within the next few days. As we’ve seen before he has gone for a general setup – GPS tracking, environment sensors including temperature and humidity and pressure, and 2 on board cameras – all with an expected height of about 100,000 feet.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.01.25 at 22:14
[Andy] has provided us with his new guide to hacking the OnStar GPS. Previously, we have covered a way to grab the GPS data from an unused OnStar system, however in recent years GM has added much more complex systems, which make it harder than swapping out a serial line.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.01.02 at 11:10
We’ve seen the Arduino board in charge of some pretty unique tasks in the past. Harvesting locally grown soybeans was not one of them. [Lance] rigged this beast up in order to automate the monotonous task of driving up and down the vast soybean fields of Iowa.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.12.24 at 03:01
[Mikal] wanted to create an awesome electronic wedding gift for his friend who was moving to France. After experimenting with a few things, he settled on creating a puzzle box that would only open in a certain location.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.19 at 07:49
First it was for finding stolen cars, then keeping track of criminals, now Alzheimer’s sufferers are being fitted with GPS tracking devices. This has been going on for some time now, but unlike the old tracking devices we’re seeing an update in technology to take advantage of the cell network for communications.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.18 at 16:59