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ybike 1.0: The Purple Pedals project

ybike 1.0: The Purple Pedals project

The Purple Pedals project consists of 20 solar-powered, geotagging, photo-taking, flickr-uploading bicycles called the ybike. It's also a really interesting look at why a major sponsor would fund such an unusual project.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.02.09 at 03:36

GPSd under OS X

GPSd under OS X

GPSd is a TCP daemon that displays location data that's been polled from a connected GPS device. The are a lot of unix location-aware applications that use GPSd instead of communicating directly with a GPS device since it allows more than one application to access the device at a time.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.01.13 at 20:00

Manhole covers of Japan...

Manhole covers of Japan...

New mashup Web site reveals the hole story behind Japan's manhole covers / Ittemia????????? While not the oddest fetish in Japan by a long way, there are some who travel the length of Japan enticed by the prospect of a compellingly designed manhole.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.12.29 at 02:52

Make your own Google map marker for your house

Make your own Google map marker for your house

?Robert Sollis, a student at the Royal College of Art wrote an email to Google asking for a marker to be placed on Google Maps for the college's temporary site in Kensington Gardens.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.11.14 at 06:06

SV Chronometer – a GPS based, interactive master clock

SV Chronometer – a GPS based, interactive master clock

Simon writes in about his SV Chronometer – a GPS based, interactive master clock- This is a little blog post about a device I built to provide me with an accurate time reference I can use to synchronise all the timepieces in my house.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.11.05 at 07:16

Geode, Mozilla Labs’ location-based browser plug-in

Geode, Mozilla Labs’ location-based browser plug-in

Mozilla Labs has launched yet another new project, this one a location based plugin for Firefox. Geode will let users to take advantage of location data embedded within a web page.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.10.07 at 17:18

ArduPilot Pro autonomous drone

ArduPilot Pro autonomous drone

We wrote about [Chris Anderson] before when he released the Arduino based autopilot. He has since crashed his first Predator UAV, due to an underpowered motor and poor control of the v-tail only steering.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.10.05 at 17:01

GPS spoofing

GPS spoofing

Incredibly interesting article about GPS spoofing and the theoretical "hijacking" of a truck via Schneier on Security. Jon Warner of Argonne National Laboratories set out to examine GPS security one Saturday afternoon.

Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.19 at 14:31

Hack-upgrade your Magellan GPS

Hack-upgrade your Magellan GPS

[dgoeken] sent in his Magellan 3100 hack. The device runs Windows CE 5. 0, and mounts as a standard flash drive. Since everything is easily accessible, it’s just a matter of replacing and modifying the appropriate files.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.09.16 at 03:16

DIY TomTom docking station

DIY TomTom docking station

TomToms have been getting pretty cheap. We like ‘em because they’re nice and hackable. This diy docking station was made from some etched PCBs, a bunch of male pin headers and a bit of hot glue.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.09.16 at 03:12


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