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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. Odometer, not speedometer by Angry+Black+Man · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Looks like I'm the first one to notice this (surprisingly), but the article should read odometer, which is what measures distance. The speedometer measures speed, like the movie.

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  2. It took me forever to figure this out.. by 3ryon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This guy hacked his camera to his speedometer, and ended up taking a picture EVERY MILE during a trip across the US.

    I eventually realized he meant odometer.

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  3. Odometer, you mean? by Speare · · Score: 1, Redundant

    A speedometer measures a proxy for the current traveling velocity, namely, drive train rotational velocity.

    An odometer measures a proxy for the total distance traveled regardless of time.

    If you want to trigger something once per mile traveled regardless of time, isn't the odometer what you would use?

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