Frida V, a Mapping Bicycle

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We posted about Frida V. (Free Ride Data Acquisition Vehicle), a mapping bicycle, back in 2007. However, it looks like they haven’t quit working on this neat project.

Frida V. is a rugged and comfortable bicycle equipped for efficient exploration and mapping of public urban spaces. It carries a small computer, GPS positioning device, 802.11 wireless network transciever and a basic audiovisual recording unit. The consolidated software and hardware assembly enables automated mapping of stumbled wireless networks, easy creation of location-tagged media and opportunistic synchronization with a server resource on the internet. In other words, let the warriding and rideblogging begin!