Indian Railways will offer Internet access

Internet on some trains from June 30: "The Internet service will initially be limited to trains on the Delhi-Amritsar and the Delhi-Bhopal routes, but is likely to be extended to other routes depending on demand, an official said."

Last year I remember reading somewhere that India was the first country in the world to successfully run the pilot to put internet in trains. About time we had them :-)

India insists on operational control of Galileo

Business News India Channel : Latest Business News & Current Affairs of India, updated hourly by "new kerala.com": "The Galileo system, named after the famous Italian physicist and astronomer and in which China is also involved, has been conceived as an alternative to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the US.

The GPS is a worldwide radio navigation system supported by a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. "

GPS Locator Leads To Arrests Of Robbery Suspects

channelcincinnati.com - Technology - GPS Locator Leads To Arrests Of Robbery Suspects: "The teller at the PNC Bank on Vine Street in Springfield Township put the GPS device in the bag of money after three masked men stormed into the bank with guns and aimed one at the head of one of the tellers, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Brian Hamrick reported."

Wow!! Its already got some culprits behind the bars! But its still got a long way to go before it enters mainstream. Like the report says:

"This is a rapidly expanding field," said Tom Lehn, vice president of Blue Ash-based RACO Industries, which makes GPS systems. "It's in its infancy stages right now."

GPS Locator Phone

Wherify Wireless: "The slim, small and lightweight GPS Locator Phone can fit almost anywhere ... from a backpack to a purse to a coat pocket to the family car."

Seems its just as big as a zippo lighter. But I dont think its available as yet. Pricing & Availability is TBA!

The same wherify people also have a GPS Vehicle Locator it seems.

GPS Locator FOR CHILDREN

Wherify Wireless:
"GPS Locator FOR CHILDREN
Peace of Mind for Parents. Cool for Kids."

It sure looks cool ... geek kids would be proud to show it off I guess ;-) [I would have been!]

Anyway, heres the fact sheet for this GPS watch.

Maxim Application Notes

Application Notes

This is the toc page for the AppNotes section of Maxim's site. Got loads of articles to start your own electronics projects in general ... and its got the WIRELESS, RF, AND CABLE section where you can get lots of ideas for your wireless projects!

GPS Vehicle Tracker

GPS Vehicle Tracker: "This application note describes a simple way to track the location of a vehicle and identify whether it has an authorized driver based on 1-Wire technology. This has many uses such as finding stolen vehicles, creating automatic vehicle logs, and managing a fleet of trucks and buses. An example of how to do this is described. It uses a Garmin GPS 35 GPS receiver, a Siemens TC35 GSM module, a DS1990A iButton, a Parallax Basic Stamp (BS2P) microcontroller, and, of course, sample source code."

Cool stuff to build ... I would like to get my hands on the ingredients mentioned asap ... only one thing worries me ... the moolah!

GPS-GSM Integration

GPS-GSM Integration

This site tells how the Roke Manor Research people combined GPS & GSM together.

About how I got interested ...

Well, actually a collegue of mine lost his family car when it was stolen in his hometown in India. Now he wanted to know if any product existed which would let him track his new car in case of theft.

Naturally I googled for some info ... and found a lot of GPS, GSM, GPRS products ... and also a site which actually told you how to build one!

This got me thinking ... and hooked me! :D