MacGyver would be proud
A week or so ago, C.K. told you about this crazy iChat stunt involving a
2 Way Video Chat at 60 MPH. Well Mike and the folks
over at EVDO are at it again.
This time, they’ve taken a PowerBook, an
iSight, EvoCam (webcam software - my personal favorite), Route 66, a
PC
5220 card and some other things that MacGyver had in his pockets and set it up in a car so that from a remote
location you can see a map of where the car is, the speed, the direction and see the view out the
front window of the car they are driving!
They’ve posted an article and a QuickTime movie of what it looks like
on their website.
I may rent a car this weekend just to try this out :)
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Lee Wilmeth said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
Last year on our annual pilgrimage to Dayton Hamvention(warning, ham radio geek alert) we had a caravan of 4 vehicles. One truck had a verizon pcmcia high speed wireless cell phone connection, that was sharing an internet connection with a 802.11g router. We then had to cross link that with a car computer in another truck that had a 1.2Ghz Radio link with another vehicle in the caravan, and an additional 802.11b access point. The only major problem we encountered was when the trailer we were pulling blocked the wi-fi signals. Otherwise we had almost continuous internet access from Dallas to Dayton over a two day, 1400 mile trip. With the RF link, we could separate as much as 4 miles and still be able to connect to the internet. The only thing missing was webcams for video.
Of course, we had moving maps, and were transmitting our position via ham radio and APRS, so folks could follow along as we traveled. Overall, a geek and technolust weekend for the books.
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sam said 3:53PM on 7-14-2005
something really odd, that pic you have above there is almost exactly where my house is!!
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Laurie said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
Damn! Ok guys - call off the surveillance. Sam's on to us.
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Michael Ginsberg said 11:18AM on 7-01-2005
Hello Sam,
I am "MacGyver" (I like that name). You must live in Cary? I do and I was just driving making the video.
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