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eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999

Your camera wants to take flight — trust us, it does — and an ambitious new project aims to make your DSLR’s aeronautic ambitions a reality. The eye3 hexacopter is a six-armed carbon-fiber unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) that hopes to make aerial photography accessible to the masses. Designed by a couple with a hankering for robotics, the flying machine is modular (for easy repair) and navigates using a combination of Google Maps and open-source code

Your camera wants to take flight — trust us, it does — and an ambitious new project aims to make your DSLR’s aeronautic ambitions a reality. The eye3 hexacopter is a six-armed carbon-fiber unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) that hopes to make aerial photography accessible to the masses. Designed by a couple with a hankering for robotics, the flying machine is modular (for easy repair) and navigates using a combination of Google Maps and open-source code

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Update to Google Maps improves battery life, public transit options and more

A new version of Google Maps has hit the Android Market today, which simultaneously brings fresher location tracking within Latitude and better battery life — two welcome improvements that seem contrary to one another. There’s also a couple goodies included for the transit-minded folks, as Navigation has been updated to better estimate location when GPS signal is lost, and the number of route options for public transit users has been increased from three to four

A new version of Google Maps has hit the Android Market today, which simultaneously brings fresher location tracking within Latitude and better battery life — two welcome improvements that seem contrary to one another. There’s also a couple goodies included for the transit-minded folks, as Navigation has been updated to better estimate location when GPS signal is lost, and the number of route options for public transit users has been increased from three to four

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Ask Engadget: best live traffic standalone GPS?

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Elliot ‘Mr. E’ M

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Elliot ‘Mr. E’ M

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Mapator for AdsManager

With this module you can show the location of the ads of AdsManager in a module using the Google Maps services. Features: – You can choose the ads category to show.

With this module you can show the location of the ads of AdsManager in a module using the Google Maps services. Features: – You can choose the ads category to show.

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Mapator for AdsManager

Pastmapper looks to take Google Maps back in time

There’s not exactly a ton to see there just yet, but a new website called Pastmapper has some pretty ambitious plans, and it’s off to a fairly decent start.

There’s not exactly a ton to see there just yet, but a new website called Pastmapper has some pretty ambitious plans, and it’s off to a fairly decent start.

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Acer announces Iconia Tab A200 packing Tegra 2 CPU, Ice Cream Sandwich on the way

We’ve already seen it pass through the FCC and pop-up in a family-friendly video , but today, Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 has finally received official status, courtesy of an announcement obtained by Netbook News .

We’ve already seen it pass through the FCC and pop-up in a family-friendly video , but today, Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 has finally received official status, courtesy of an announcement obtained by Netbook News .

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Today’s Scuttlebot: The Convenience Economy and Personal Data as Currency

The tech reporters and editors of The New York Times are always looking for the most interesting items on the Web. Today’s selection includes items on brokering your personal information, Google Maps, and Evite’s new service.

The tech reporters and editors of The New York Times are always looking for the most interesting items on the Web. Today’s selection includes items on brokering your personal information, Google Maps, and Evite’s new service.

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Google Maps 6.0 hits Android, adds indoor navigation for retail and transit

Google’s already put its stamp on the great outdoors, what with its Street View fleet chronicling the well-trodden ways of our world for Maps . Which is precisely why Mountain View’s turning its attention inward for that next, great navigation innovation, as it attempts to chart a course through the wilds of indoor spaces

Google’s already put its stamp on the great outdoors, what with its Street View fleet chronicling the well-trodden ways of our world for Maps . Which is precisely why Mountain View’s turning its attention inward for that next, great navigation innovation, as it attempts to chart a course through the wilds of indoor spaces

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Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Update 2)

Google puts a limit on free Google Maps API: over 25,000 daily and you pay

Search giant calls end to free mapping APIs – though the pricing suggests that it’s not trying to dissuade people or make a huge profit Nothing free lasts forever; and it’s damn hard to make money putting ads on maps. That seems to be the conclusion to draw from Google’s decision to put limits on its Google Maps API

Search giant calls end to free mapping APIs – though the pricing suggests that it’s not trying to dissuade people or make a huge profit Nothing free lasts forever; and it’s damn hard to make money putting ads on maps. That seems to be the conclusion to draw from Google’s decision to put limits on its Google Maps API

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