Ordering Pizza While Racing
As [Matt Stele] prepared to bike a local 300-mile (~480km) race in addition to training, he had to prepare for food. A full day of riding was ahead on gravel …read more Continue reading Ordering Pizza While Racing
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Kinefox Tracks Wildlife for a Lifetime
Radio trackers have become an important part of studying the movements of wildlife, but keeping one running for the life of an animal has been challenging. Researchers have now developed …read more Continue reading Kinefox Tracks Wildlife for a Lifetime
Handmade GPS Tracker Keeps an Eye on Adventurous Cats
One of the most convenient things about having cats is their independent lifestyle: most are happy to enjoy themselves outside all day, only coming back home when it’s time for …read more Continue reading Handmade GPS Tracker Keeps an Eye on Adventurous Cats
Giving Your Pets A Digital Squeak
A pet tracker has a particularly grueling set of requirements: small, light, rugged, incredibly long battery life, safe for the pet, and cheap. [Mihai Cuciuc] was looking at the options …read more Continue reading Giving Your Pets A Digital Squeak
Keep An Eye On Your Bike With This DIY GPS Tracker
Owning a bike and commuting on it regularly is a great way to end up with your bike getting stolen, unfortunately. It can be a frustrating experience, and it can …read more Continue reading Keep An Eye On Your Bike With This DIY GPS Tracker
Open Hardware GPS Tracker Works On Your Terms
These days, there’s plenty of options if you want to get a GPS tracker for your vehicle. Unfortunately, they come with the sort of baggage that’s becoming increasingly common with consumer tech: subscription fees, third-party snooping, and a sneaking suspicion that you’re more commodity than customer. So [Viktor Takacs] decided …read more
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Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data
What if the tech intended to ensure that your kids, senior citizens, and pets are safe even when they’re out of sight inadvertently expose them to stalkers?
An estimated 600,000 GPS tracking devices for sale on Amazon and other large online merchants … Continue reading Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data
Hacker Can Monitor Cars And Kill Their Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
“I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,” the hacker said. Continue reading Hacker Can Monitor Cars And Kill Their Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
GPS Overlays Give Real Life Racing A Video Game Feel
Racing is certainly exciting for the person rocketing around the track fast enough to get the speedometer into the triple digits, and tends to be a decent thrill for the spectators if they’ve got good seats. But if you’re just watching raw race videos on YouTube from the comfort of your office chair it can be a bit difficult to appreciate. There’s a lack of context for the viewer, and it can be hard to get the same sense of speed and position that you’d have if you saw the event first hand.
In an effort to give his father’s …read more
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Where’s The Cat? Locating Your Moggy Without Eating Batteries
Where the Hackaday Cat goes when she steps over the threshold into the wider world is a mystery, she reveals her whereabouts strictly on her terms and would we suspect be very cagey were we able to ask her about it. [Andy C] however has a need to know where his cat is spending her time, so he’s made a GPS collar for a bit of feline spying.
There are commercial GPS collars for pets, but they all share the flaw of extremely limited battery life. His challenge then was to create a collar that delivered the required pinpoint fix …read more
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