Hey Dan,

Let me know where you can get GPS modules for < $10. ;-)

Greg Maki

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Michaels <oricom@USWEST.NET>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: PICinaBottle <-- Long range position feedback anyone ?


>Couple of thoughts. Sounds like there isn't a prayer that
>any kind of boat can do it alone. If too small, it will sink
>first big wave. If too big, someone will see it from their
>fishing boat, and pick it out of the water. Else an oil
>tanker will run it over.
>
>So how's about a "PICinaBottle Contest". PIC, solar battery,
>tiny GPS receiver, small 20M band morse code xmtr, little
>whip antenna sticking out the top, waterproofed in plastic.
>$10USD for the whole thing. Toss the bottle in the ocean,
>see where it goes. Winner is longest running, longest distance
>traveled.
>
>More to reality - some guy named Jim Clark [SGI, Netscape,
>Healtheon] built a $30,000,000 automated sailboat with 24
>SGI workstations on board. He can sit in his office in silicone
>vallee and steer the boat realtime in the south pacific.
>Uses icebergs for slalom courses. You might check what he
>uses for a comm link.
>
>http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/24/clark/index.html
>http://www.businessweek.com/chapter/lewis_m.htm
>
>--
>http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic:
>"[PIC]:","[SX]:","[AVR]:" =uP ONLY! "[EE]:","[OT]:" =Other "[BUY]:","[AD]:"
=Ads
>
>
>
>
>

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic:
"[PIC]:","[SX]:","[AVR]:" =uP ONLY! "[EE]:","[OT]:" =Other "[BUY]:","[AD]:" =Ads