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Super Mario-themed subway map adds a grain of joy to shallow city travels
There’s so much we look forward to when we set out to work every day. Most of it is at the destination and not during the journey to work, which is often perceived as time wasted. Robert Bacon has designed a cool map/poster for Ript that changes the way we look at the regular routes…
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Water Map, the basin that replicates the London street map
There are a few household essentials that we’ve seen being turned into pieces of art before. On previous account, we’ve come across some pretty mind-boggling designs including the Emperor 1510, a computer chair packed with enough technology to make an average geek blush and the Moneual Touch Table, a piece of furniture that also takes…
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Using GPS on a smartphone is now banned in California
A California court in Fresno saw a judge ruling out a a law banning wireless, cellular phone use while operating a motor vehicle. It seems that this law also applies to visitors and residents of California who attempt to use applications such as Google Maps while driving. This all stemmed from section 23123 of the…
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Map showing “zombie” word usage pops out of Oxford internet Institute
In an attempt to find out just how fearful the world is of the nemesis from six feet under, zombies, Oxford Internet Institute researchers Mark Graham, Taylor Shelton, Matthew Zook, and Monica Stephens came up with a map for the same. The map uses Google Maps database and displays the highest concentration of the keyword…
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TomTom Go Live 800 heads to Europe, packs HD Maps
TomTom is among thee more blessed navigation systems for their reliable reception and sturdy service. The company has introduced the Go Live 800 personal navigation system. The 800 series will have the 820 and the 825 as the prime models. Both these will give you a year’s subscription and service of HD Traffic, a speed…
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Samsung Sens-240 is a tablet for navigators
You know that Android, as a platform, blesses your tablet and you with some amazing features and apps. However, till now, there hasn’t really been overindulgence in the navigation part of it. The Sens-240 is one such tablet that takes up the responsibility of becoming your perfect navigation companion. Among the many things it does,…
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Giant map of Europe made of LEGO
We haven’t seen fan craze reach such heights fir LEGO toys but here seems to be am exception. It’s 157 square foot wide and was built using a whopping 287,800 bricks. If you’re wondering how hard it was for the maker(s) of this map to build something this awesome then you’ve got to pay more…
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Garmin Approach S1 is the first Golf GPS Watch
A good golf watch isn’t all that much a luxury even for the best since they are so scarce. But this can soon change with the GPS powered watch from none other than Garmin. Besides the sporty yet elegant look, the watch has a total of 14,000 golf courses from the US and Canada preloaded…
