[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
Ever wish your iPod touch or older generation iPhone had GPS capability? Now it can by using a Bluetooth GPS module along with the roqyGPS app. In April we saw a pretty creative way to add GPS to an iPod by using a homebrew accessory.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.09 at 16:47
If there’s one thing we’ve got a LOT of here in America, it’s corn. In the past few years Corn Mazes have become a wildly popular fall activity for all ages.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.30 at 14:24
Ever wanted to be able to launch a balloon into space, track its location via GPS, take some photographs of the curvature of the earth, and recover the balloon, all for the low low cost of $150? [Oliver Yeh] sent in his teams project, Icarus, which does just that.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.13 at 15:29
With a user interface consisting of two buttons and a three digit display, the GPS finder guides the user back to a saved location. Nine locations can be saved for navigation recall.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.06.25 at 13:20
[Florin] was given the task of repairing a GPS unit that wouldn’t boot up. What he found was unfortunately a bad processor. Fortunately, he was able to make a project out of it.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.05.24 at 15:43
We posted a story about someone doing some APRS tracking recently. This is old news to some, but new fresh stuff for others. If you want to build your own tracker, here’s a great writeup on one.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.05.08 at 12:45
[Benjamin] was working for a GPS company called Nemerix about two years ago and decided to hack together this iPod accessory GPS unit. He is using an Atmel ATmega324 and a Nemerix GPS unit, though he says the GPS unit shouldn’t matter.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.04.27 at 09:31
A team at UNC Charlotte has been working on an autonomous vehicle to drag a cart that has sensing equipment. Starting with a stock Honda ATV, different systems were added to give a Renesas processor control of the ATV.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.03.23 at 19:07