Using a basic GPS-specific chip and some standard support ICs, you can build a USB dongle that provides GPS capability with a Windows PC, enabling geolocation functions and features. Starting with ...

[superlopez] sent in this detailed article (mirrored here and here) which describes how to build a GPS and GLONASS (the Russian version of GPS) receiver. The resulting device is gigantic compared to ...

There’s currently a lot of hype surrounding Apple’s iPhone (I can call it that now, right?) but the device that I’d really like to see coming out of Cupertino is not a iPod/cellphone hybrid, it’s an ...

Here’s a relatively inexpensive, yet very inconspicuous magnetic GPS tracker that you can hide on your car to keep tabs on your no-good kids and/or your no-good spouse. The Driving Activity Reporter ...

Word is that Dell's Mini 9 is a modder's paradise, rife with precious little alcoves in which to squeeze teeny-tiny new stuff. The confirmation: MyDellMini forum user Tom Beauchamp bought a USB GPS ...

I'd go for the Garmin StreePilot i5 or, if you can push the price point harder, the Garmin nuvi 350. <BR><BR>Both have the advantage of pre-loaded maps for the entire country (no need to figure out ...

GPS Source and Rockwell Collins have successfully demonstrated the ability of the Military-Code Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM-M) receiver card to fit within the Defense ...