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
Artist and MAKE subscriber Michael Marcovici sent us the link to these amazing lamps he made out of mounted slides and reels of film. While you're at his site, check out his other amazing work.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.02.13 at 14:32
There's an OpenStreetMaps group mapping going down in Manhattan next weekend, no prior GPS-ing required - OpenStreetMap is only as good as the contributions of the people who edit it.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.02.13 at 08:33