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Camera Meets Speedometer, Travel Across Country Together

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the digital-would-have-been-easier dept.

BluKnight writes "This guy hacked his camera to his speedometer, and ended up taking a picture EVERY MILE during a trip across the US. Kodak has the results (Flash in use!) of this venture. For my next hack, I'm going to interface to my digital camera to take a picture every time I blink -- I'll never miss what I'm seeing again!" The best part is the fact that he stopped every 36 miles to swap film rolls. Sad thing is, I understand this. (I still love film) The interactive map is -really- well done, but requires flash...

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  1. I can hear them now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

  2. Re:speedometer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even worse, I _did_ read it as odometer. And all I could see in my mind was a camera actually focused on the odometer -- ie. the pictures would just show:
    0000001
    0000002
    0000003
    ...
    Must. Leave. Work. Now. Going. Crazy.

  3. Re:speedometer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    have you ever tried to do simple math?

  4. I always wondered... by tswinzig · · Score: 3, Funny

    The best part is the fact that he stopped every 36 miles to swap film rolls.

    So that's who's still buying film.

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    "And like that ... he's gone."
  5. Re:speedometer? by czardonic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to pick nits, but it would have been much clearer if this had read odometer instead of speedometer.

    Totally. I had no idea what the story was about.

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    Takahashi Rumiko made beats! DON, taku, DON, taku. . .
  6. Kansas = flat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now I have proof for my assertion that there is nothing in Kansas. :-)

  7. I did this sort of by Brigadier · · Score: 2, Funny



    When i drove from CT, CA in 3 days, i took rolls of picture while driving of, landmarks, and pictures of speedlimit signs, with my speedometer in the frame. one shot in colorado was a 75mph zone, and i was going 126mph, and there was a vw passat overtaking me.

  8. Re:Clearly not geography majors... by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's the big deal? Everything between California and New York is pretty much the same thing. ;-D

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    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  9. Where's the speedometer? by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 5, Funny

    I misunderstood. I tought it meant he took a picture of the speedometer every mile. For some reason, I was strangely disappointed to find that this was not the case.

  10. Ohio contains the mark of the beast?!? by mjwise · · Score: 2, Funny

    Went through these, fun to see that they went pretty close to my permanent home (huber heights, ohio -- east of vandalia, ohio on the map) and I think the closest picture to my home is #666! Huber Heights, Ohio the mark of the beast indeed. Well, we did have a kenny rogers roasters restaurant for a while.....yech.

    And for once I'm glad to see an application of flash that is interactive, well-designed, doesn't attempt to cause epileptic seizures AND doesn't try to sell me something.