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
?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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
UPDATE: The text: “This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time” has been added to the bottom of the page since the original posting.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.09.16 at 03:12
Since water blocks the radio frequency used for GPS triangulation, GPS is considered pretty useless for SCUBA divers. Apparenlty some of them are finding it useful to waterproof off the shelf units for tracking the beginning and end of dives.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.09.16 at 03:11