Another great google map hack, handy for when you want to see the streets over a sat image. Click and drag anywhere, just like normal Google Maps, and see how the Map View matches the Satellite View (or vice-versa). Control the level of transparency with the slider control at bottom Link.
As a runner training for a marathon for the first time, I found myself wishing I had an easy way to know the exact distance a certain course is, without having to drag a GPS or pedometer around on my runs. Looking at Google Maps, and knowing there was a vibrant community of geeks hacking it, I knew there had to be a way. So here it is. [via] Link.
Mike Outmesguine…Popular Science How 2.0 article on turning yourself into a walking hotspot by using a mobile power source and a cellular-to-Wi-Fi gateway. The Voltaic Systems backpack makes a great platform to build from due to all of the internal wiring and myriad power adapters included in the kit. And I like the Junxion Box as a simple, clean appliance to handle the Wi-Fi to Cellular interface. Link.
If you’re looking to control other PCs via a Playstation Portable, there’s a new beta out that will allow just that. Uses the D-pad as the mouse and the PSP soft keyboard to enter text. PVNC Beta 1 release, still a little laggy, but will be faster in future releases. Link.
This image is a photomosaic of the famous painting ‘Starry Night’. The image is made with over 210.000 tiny photographs and a total size of over 1.500.000.000 points in other words it is a 1.5 Gigapixel Image. Click over the image (Zoom In) until you start to see the tiny images. Link.
“There are lots of multi-robot designs out there. Most are either research platforms well over $2K (often $10K or more), or are hobbyist bots under $400 with tiny brains and few sensors. But George Mason University’s new FlockBots wiki is interesting. They’re trying to pack as much functionality as possible into a roughly $800, 7″ mobile swarmbot, and publish the design and software as a free and open spec. So far their design includes a wireless 200MHz Gumstix linux computer, a camera, range and bump sensors, wheel encoders, a can gripper, and lots more. It’s a great-looking design and I think the cost could drop to $500 with vendors doing consolidation.” Link. See our interview with the CEO of Gumstix.
Amazing collection of 80’s-ish retro electronic games. The speak and math is my favorite. Here’s my flickr gallery for retro electronic games. There’s also a picture in my photostream of a poster from a 1981 Tron video game contest. [