Videos tagged with GPS
Portable GPS device, combines both a satellite communicator and GPS in one device. Figure out where you are, send messages to say whether you’re OK or in trouble, and even send text messages up, through a satellite, to anyone!Sure, it’s $500. But this is the ultimate device for anyone who enjoys adventure sports, off the grid! And it’s really cheap – compared to the alternatives! Delorme Homepage
Tekzilla #72: Geotagging Photos, Powerline vs. WiFi, Free Partitioning Tools, Benchmark Your Mac, More!
Can you stream HD movies over a Powerline Network? GParted, Geotagging Photos: we've got several different ways to do it. Xbench, Will old movies and TV shows look good in Blu-ray? Wow... CES is really over! We're back home, rarin' to go, and feeling bad for everybody getting laid off with Circuit City closing. On the upside, we're impossibly stoked about the final half season of Battlestar Gal...
Launching high altitude balloons
Alexei has successfully launched one balloon in Waterloo and is currently planning a mission between Canada and UK. Check out the amazing near-space imagery at 27km! From http://natrium42.com/halo/flight2/ "High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and t...
Tekzilla #53: Bicycle GPS, Best Vista Tweaking Tool Ever, Mouse DPI vs. Gaming, iPhone Apps
Picking in-ear headphones, Walmart kills digital music collections, Use Google Earth KML Routes with your GPS, Veronica's Favorite iPhone Apps, DLP Projector Bulb Tips, The Geekiest Bike Around "How do you decide which in ear headphones are best? It's not like you can audition them like over ear head phones!" Good question, Dave: outside of trade shows, or, say, if you have a friend t...
Tekzilla #52: $200 GPS Roundup, Speed Up BitTorrent, Our Favorite Mouse Ever, Texting: more dangerous than driving drunk or stoned.
GPS models from TomTom, Garmin and Mio, Veronica's call on Android/T-Mobile's G1, help speeding up BitTorrent. Vista/OS X File sharing help. Our favorite mouse is cheap, too. Three core processor info. Cheap HDMI/HDCP ready video card options. Texting while driving is more dangerous than driving drunk or stoned! Patrick's new favorite government study ever comes from the UK: Texting while drivi...
Tekzilla #30: 24 Inch LCD Monitor Recco, Veronica's IRC picks, Patrick Stops Hating on Vista!
Automate GPS Photo Data, Photoshop Disasters, Multitrack Recording Tools, Tech vs. Earthday. Your call on Joomla vs. Mambo. Avoid Blender (There's a free version of Softimage XSI), Eutectic Solder, Why Is My Hard Drive Smaller?
Tekzilla #9: Black Friday Shopping, $500 PC, Cheap GPS
$500 PC: Parts. Black Friday Shopping Tips. Cheap GPS. Sidewalk Astronomy. HTPC Hardware for Blu-ray and HD DVD Movies, Your Fave $20 Headphones! Happy Thanksgiving! It's Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year... and that means insane bargains on all sorts of tech gear. Why the bargains? They're 'loss leaders' designed to get you in the store. The store hopes you'll buy some...
Google Maps for mobile with My Location (beta)
The new "My Location" (beta) feature on Google Maps for mobile helps you know where you are on the map, even if your phone doesn't have GPS. Just press [0] to move the map to your approximate location. Save time and tedious keystrokes finding where you are, what's around you, and how to get there.
What to do with Thousands of GPS Tracks?
Google Tech Talks May 28, 2007 ABSTRACT Over the past two years, Microsoft has been gathering GPS data from volunteer drivers. Each driver has one of our recording GPS receivers on their dashboard for two weeks. So far, we have data from 227 drivers, comprising over 1.7 million time-stamped (latitude, longitude) points. This talk will give a brief overview of several different research projects...