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Navigation Pen System

Nerd Grind — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:02:28 +0000

Kenwood has unveiled a future pen-shaped navigation system at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007. With this one, you point it at a place on a map with this special pen and all the information magically shows up on the navigation monitor.

Finger Controls In Car

Nerd Grind — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:50:19 +0000

Hitachi has developed a steering wheel with a tiny device that reads the driver’s finger veins. This lets the driver use his/her fingers as switches for the engine, car stereo, and navigation system.

"If I place my index finger on this reader, it recognises it’s me. If I put the finger again, it starts the engine," Masahide Hayashi of Hitachi’s sensor design department explained at the Tokyo Motor Show near the capital.

No word on when we might see this in cars, but Hitachi said it hopes to launch it within three or four years.

Pioneer In-Dash Nav

Nerd Grind — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:07:24 +0000

For $1600 you can have Pioneer’s latest in-dash navigation system. The AVIC-X3 comes with a motorized, flip-out seven-inch touchscreen, optional iPod / Bluetooth compatibility, CD or DVD playback, XM / XM NavTraffic-readiness, and a Tele Atlas database.

Need music? It’s got that too with MP3, WMA, AAC, and DivX. Or use the CD-BTB200 adapter to wirelessly stream form your mobile handset.

Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Nerd Grind — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:03:59 +0000

A warning not to blindly trust your GPS – and use some common sense!

A German trucker, apparently ignoring warning signs, followed his GPS navigation while looking for the factory in Switzerland where he was due to drop off his cargo, and ended up in this cherry tree.

"He obstinately followed the female voice of the navigation system and drove another 300 metres (yards) until the lane came to an end," they added.

I can hear the German jokes in Switzerland all the way over here!

GPS Satellite Agreement

Nerd Grind — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:27:16 +0000

The US and EU are entering into an agreement to allow their satellite navigation systems to work together to provide more accurate images and information. The satellites would send information on the same radio frequency, enabling receivers to get signals from both systems and combine the data.

The US already has 30 satellites orbiting the earth and the EU aims to have 30 satellites up in space by around 2010 with a fully operational Galileo system by 2012. The United States is in the process of updating its GPS system — procuring new satellites that would launched into space by 2013.

MILTRAK Navigation

Nerd Grind — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:12:24 +0000

MILTRAK combines navigation a module and a small rugged display which provides near-real time situational awareness information. The portable display shows the positions of "similarly equipped friendly (blue) forces overlaid on a relational display, raster map, or geo-referenced aerial photograph." This 310g unit (including batteries) is connected to any suitable voice and data capable UHF or VHF personal radio. – spacewar –

Multi-Purpose GPS

Nerd Grind — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:36:33 +0000

If you get lost, instead of using this to find your way, just sit back and play some games or watch tv!

Another Korean goodie we may never see here – MyDean’s FX-1 navigation system with its 7-inch touch screen, DMB receiver, media players, SD expansion slot, USB port and a host, FM radio, and various games.

Of course there are car mounting options, stylus, integrated GPS antenna, a wireless remote – just in case reaching to your dashboard is just too much to bear.

At $215 the price is nice too, but will we in the US ever see it?

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