http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057464 StanFlouride Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:04:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057464 I want that car on the cover! I want that car on the cover!

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057448 Toronto Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:07:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057448 More like a pedometer that measures the stride, too, by induction between the two leg 'antennae'\ or something. Sounds like it integrated the strides and direction into lat and long offsets, too. Cool tech but useless today. More like a pedometer that measures the stride, too, by induction between the two leg ‘antennae’\ or something. Sounds like it integrated the strides and direction into lat and long offsets, too. Cool tech but useless today.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057426 LightningRose Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:41:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057426 Pedometer based, or accelerometer based? Perhaps similar to the dead reckoning computers still used on submarines? Pedometer based, or accelerometer based? Perhaps similar to the dead reckoning computers still used on submarines?

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057412 Anne Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:05:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057412 Fourteen pounds just to tell where you are... and if you need to know where you are, you're also going to need such silly things like food, shelter and tools for whatever job you may be doing (if you're doing forestry work, for example). I can't imagine this being a very popular option. Fourteen pounds just to tell where you are… and if you need to know where you are, you’re also going to need such silly things like food, shelter and tools for whatever job you may be doing (if you’re doing forestry work, for example). I can’t imagine this being a very popular option.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057407 Adrian Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:01:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057407 Surely this would compare to the modern day pedometer and a compass? Both items now available free from various outlets (and slightly smaller). Surely this would compare to the modern day pedometer and a compass? Both items now available free from various outlets (and slightly smaller).

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/a-electronic-backpack-wont-let-you-get-lost/#comment-1057380 fluffy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:24:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4694#comment-1057380 Hooray, pre-GPS dead reckoning. Of course today's GPS chips are much more accurate/portable and are embeddable in practically everything. Hooray, pre-GPS dead reckoning. Of course today’s GPS chips are much more accurate/portable and are embeddable in practically everything.

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