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February 12, 2008
Build a vehicle tracker on the cheap
Here's a how-to on building a low cost vehicle tracker using the Telit GM862-GPS module. The GM862-GPS is a hardware module that supports connections on local GSM networks as well as GPS signals. In addition, this device supports a Python interpreter which allows for easy interfacing to build a simple tracker. Lots of info at the below link.
Developing a vehicle tracker - Link
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Feb 12, 2008 09:00 AM
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January 9, 2008
Uber tracker and GPS eval boards...
Some new GPS action over @ SparkFun -
It's not quite small enough to track your cat, but the Uber Tracker is a beast of a product. This device may seem simple enough: get GPS coordinates and broadcast those coordinates over the cellular network - but it's so much more! The Uber Tracker has open firmware and hackability. It's also completely PTCRB and FCC certified meaning it is fully licensed to operate on any GSM network in North America. Configure the unit, power it up, and you'll get an update every few minutes of the device's position to your phone, your website, or your SQL database. Could you track your car? Sure. Ever wonder where your donated clothing goes? What about biological samples? It's 'big brother' - but you get to play the older sibling's role.SparkFun Electronics - Link.
The evaluation board using the ET312 SiRF III GPS receiver is finally done! This board will allow you to play with this very small but powerful GPS receiver.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 9, 2008 09:00 AM
Electronics, GPS, Kits |
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January 3, 2008
Cherry Blossoms - Baghdad in Boston
Cherry Blossoms by Alyssa Wright writes -
Cherry Blossoms is a backpack that uses a small microcontroller and a GPS unit. Recent news of bombings in Iraq are downloaded to the unit every night, and their relative location to the center of the city are superimposed on a map of Boston. If the wearer walks in a space in Boston that correlates to a site of violence in Baghdad, the backpack detonates and releases a compressed air cloud of confetti, looking for all the world like smoke and shrapnel. Each piece of confetti is inscribed with the name of a civilian who died in the war, and the circumstances of their death.Cherry Blossoms - [via] Link & more.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 3, 2008 01:40 PM
Arts, GPS |
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December 19, 2007
iPhone GPS addon
This looks like a really interesting iPhone GPS addon! -
The iphone locoGPS module allows jail broken iphones to finally have GPS functionality. This module is in development and will be shipping in February. All software is open source and more applications are being written every day. The locoGPS module gives you the ability to explore all the benefits of GPS from a device that is small enough to put on a keychain.iPhone GPS addon - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 19, 2007 08:00 AM
Cellphones, GPS |
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October 5, 2007
FRIDA V. bicycle takes geographic notes as you ride
The FRIDA V. (Free Ride Data Acquisition Vehicle) combines a normal bicycle with a tactical mapping toolkit that includes a compact computer, GPS receiver, wireless 802.11 transceiver, and an audiovisual recording unit. This makes the bike a perfect human-powered war driving vehicle and real-time mapping system. All of the open source software and hardware design for the bike can be downloaded from the Wiki (link below).
FRIDA V. Wiki - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Oct 5, 2007 05:00 AM
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October 1, 2007
Active Belt buzzes you in the right direction
Next time you get lost, you might wish you were wearing the "Active Belt". Consisting of seven pager motors and a GPS unit, this prototype will buzz you in the right direction (forward, back, right left) in order to direct you towards your destination. Let's just hope the porn industry doesn't get a hold of it first.
ActiveBelt: Belt-type Wearable Tactile Display for Directional Navigation Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Oct 1, 2007 12:54 PM
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September 28, 2007
MicroDrones with hand motion control
Video of cool of German-made four-prop micro-drones with such features as hand-motion control, GSM networked communications (swarms!), GPS mapping, mounted cameras, and more.
MicoDrone - Link
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Sep 28, 2007 06:00 AM
Flying, Gadgets, GPS |
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September 12, 2007
Raising an old OnStar GPS unit from the dead
In this PopSci "Void Your Warranty" piece, MAKE contributing writer Dave Prochnow shows you how to use an old OnStar GPS unit on a laptop computer with free software, no subscription required.
Raising GPS from the Dead - Link
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Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 12, 2007 08:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, GPS, Mobile |
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September 11, 2007
Tactical coordinate suppression
Here's an interesting piece of arty annoyanceware, a GPS jammer that finds your coordinates (via GPS) only after you find a place and stand still (switched by a motion sensor), then the device jams the waypoint for everybody else. The concept of the device is to help you find you a place of solitude and then its blots out the spot electronically, so that others can't find it.
GPS-HOG - 2007 - Link
Related:
- Modifying a cheap portable cellphone jammer - Link
- The World's Simplest Radio Jammer - Link
- Wave Bubble - Open source Wi-Fi, cellphone, GPS and ... - Link
- Turn off TV week - Link
Personal cell phone signal blocker device ($48 - not sure what's up with this company, proceed with caution) - Link.
Wavebubble open source RF jammer - Link.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 11, 2007 04:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Gadgets, GPS |
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August 31, 2007
Solar bike and blog tour of Germany
Steve Paine, a.k.a. Chippy, is a Brit living in Germany. He's currently on a bike trip, along the Rhein River, which he's blogging about using a UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) and portable solar tech. Those geeks in the house who are as ancient as I am will remember Steve Roberts, the "high-tech nomad," who took net-connected, solar-powered bike trips in the computing Jurassic of the 1980s. As you might image, the gear has gotten decidedly more svelte since then. Details of the tech "Chippy's" is using can be found on his blog.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 31, 2007 07:00 AM
Bicycles, Electronics, Gadgets, GPS, Green, Mobile |
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August 23, 2007
Embed a google map
View Larger Map...
You can now embed a Google map in a page, just like a video (Youtube, etc)... For all our Burner friends, have a great time next week, welcome home and here's a map from last year! - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 23, 2007 02:00 AM
GPS, Online |
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August 21, 2007
Developing a vehicle tracker with the Telit GM862-GPS module
Nick writes -
You recently put up a link to Alex's Mobile GPS tracker article - it used an extra microcontroller which was not strictly necessary since the GM862-GPS features an inbuilt Python interpreter. My article describes the process for developing with Python on the GM862-GPS, and also includes the source code for an application that allows the tracker units position to be queried / reported back via SMS.Developing a vehicle tracker with the Telit GM862-GPS module - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 21, 2007 08:00 AM
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August 20, 2007
AVR based GPS tracker...
Here's a neat AVR - GPS - cell phone tracker project...
This project is about GPS tracing. it works as follows:GPS-TRACE - Link.
- GPS traces the position of the device via satelite
- Somebody (who wants to know the position) calls the number of the GSM-Module
- The Microcontroller noticed the call and ask the position which is stored in a global var
- The Microcontroller sends a command to the GSM-Module to send a SMS with position information back to the caller.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 20, 2007 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, GPS |
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August 9, 2007
DARPA Urban Challenge semi-finalists announced
Today, DARPA announced the 36 semi-finalists for its Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competition. The top 20 teams from the National Qualifying Event (to be held Oct. 26-31) will move on to the Urban Challenge final event on November 3. Teams will compete for cash prizes worth $2 million for first, $1 million for second, and $500,000 for third place.
DARPA Urban Challenge Home - Link
Press release (PDF) with list of semi-finalists - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 9, 2007 08:00 PM
Electronics, Events, GPS, Robotics, Transportation |
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July 18, 2007
Interfacing an AVR controller to a GPS mobile phone
Alex writes -
My goal is to build a kind of a mobile tracker. There are many different use cases you can think of but one of the obvious is a device, that is able to report where it is. This device can be put in your car and it could trigger an alarm, if the car got stolen. Actually it could tell you where it is.Interfacing an AVR controller to a GPS mobile phone - [via] Link.There are already mobile tracking devices out there, but they seemed to be too expensive and too closed for my needs. Another option is one of these new Nokia N95 which have built-in GPS. They are really nice, but about 600€, which is not a bargain. So I decided to do my own.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 18, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, GPS |
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June 6, 2007
HKL - Public transport map (Google + GPS + Buses)
This is nice - Google maps + the GPS feed from buses in Helsinki, Finland - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 6, 2007 04:00 AM
GPS, Online, Transportation |
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May 30, 2007
Google Maps street view
Jason @ Hackszine writes -
Google launched the Street View feature in Google Maps today at the Where 2.0 conference. For select cities, you can now view street-level panoramic photography as you browse around a map location. It's like being able to take a virtual driving tour of a city, right from your desk.Google Maps street view - Link.There is a little minifig that you can drag around the map. When you release it, a small flash application is overlayed above the map which displays the panoramic photo for that location. Greg Sadetsky used the freeware ActionScript decompiler, Flare, to investigate the viewer's source. If you curious about how the viewer works, that might be a good place to start - [via] Link.
Fabian K. notes that Google has been using GeoIP lookups quite frequently to restrict beta features to specific locales and the street view feature is no exception. If you are outside the US, you can enable street view by adding a &gl=us to the end of the maps.google.com url. You'll still only be able to view the handful of cities that have pano-image data, but you can at least get a glipse for what's coming -
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 30, 2007 03:00 AM
Computers, GPS, Online |
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May 7, 2007
DIY camera GPS project for Nikon DSLRs
Chris writes -
This page describes the steps I went through in my project to connect a Garmin eTrex Summit GPS device to a Nikon D200 camera body in order to record location information in the EXIF data of images captured using the setup. While this procedure worked fine for me, I do not take any responsibility for you or your equipment should you try this yourself.
Chris Harrison - GPS Project - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 7, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, GPS, Imaging |
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April 12, 2007
"MoloTwit" send your physical location to twitter
If you use twitter (and happen to have a compatible phone) you can automatically have your phone send where you're physically at to twitter, this could be interesting for applications like our MAKE space balloon or DIY tracking -- Link.
Previous:
- DIY GPS tracking with Mologogo - Link.
- Use mologogo with Google Earth (tracking with a phone) - Link.
- DIY GPS tracking with Mologogo - Link.
- DIY cell phone tracking - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 12, 2007 12:00 PM
Cellphones, GPS, Online |
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April 11, 2007
HOW TO - Make a custom mount for Garmin Nuvi GPS (for a VW)
Raelx writes -
If you have ever been in a Volkswagen New Beetle you might have noticed that the dash is deep enough to take a nap on. This makes the suction cup mount provided with the Nuvi pretty much useless. You would have to press your chest to the steering wheel to touch the device.HOW TO - Make a custom mount for Garmin Nuvi GPS (for a VW) Link.So out of necessity and the desire for a more finished look I created a custom mount that uses the bud vase as the attachment point. If you are unfamiliar with the VW bud vase it's important to note that it's not just a little cup in a hole. There are actually three pin on the side of the vase that lock it in place with a twist. This makes for a very secure attachment point.
Related:
- Street-legal jet powered VW Beetle - Link.
- VW Beetles - Link.
- See through VW car - Link.
- Homemade VW Trike - Link.
- Latex wedge for GPS vehicle mount - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 11, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, GPS, Instructables, Transportation |
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