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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Kvetching? Hoi vey.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Addy Osmani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here it is on Honda's Website:<br><br><a href="http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1981navigationsystem/text/01.html" rel="nofollow">http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1981navigationsystem/text/01.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[I forgot to mention that Alpine electronics co-developed the Electro Gyrocator<br><br><a href="http://www.alpine.com/e/corporate/museum/78.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.alpine.com/e/corporate/museum/78.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone should mod this with a modern gps.  Sweet tho.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BatteryAcid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you think the price is ridiculous, you should see how much Audi charges for their nav system as an additional option...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[js]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[I checked for you. The price is about $2100 for either NAV option.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[looks like something Jackie Chan had in is Subaru from "Cannonball Run"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kojo87]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow.. The Cannonball Run... I used to love that movie! Some of the crash scenes in that movie are the best!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wuju]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if we could integrate a gyroscope with a GPS to improve the precision.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Bowen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can't just put 2 words together and... like... wow. I honestly have no idea how to respond to what you just said.<br><br>Maybe if we added spoons and foil to it, it would work better too?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=154870&sk=&date=&pageID=5" rel="nofollow">http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=154870&sk=&date=&pageID=5</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nimbus3jv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 7:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA["wow. I honestly have no idea how to respond to what you just said."<br><br>is that because you're an idiot? he made a perfectly valid point.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 2:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[They did that quite a few years ago, with the added benefit of allowing the GPS to estimate where you are even if it loses satellite connectivity.<br>Dunno if it actually improves accuracy though since GPSes are already very accurate.  But it does help if you lose the satellite signals.<br><br>P.S. Shaun is an idiot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tekdemon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 6:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[What you're looking for is "inertial guidance" to supplement the GPS. While they don't use a gyro, most NAV systems already do this with a compass and the speed of the vehicle to make do when the GPS signal is lost. Aircraft used inertial guidance before GPS. The German V2 rocket used a primitive gyro based inertial guidance solution.<br><br>And it is a valid idea. So the tool above can just stuff it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 7:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[HOLY SHIV!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kastonie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[that is so cool! <br>this is why I love engadget lol<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sauerkraut]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 12:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Monstrocity maybe, but atrocity?  Hardly.  Why the hating on what must have seemed totally beyond cool at the time?  True home computing, as we know it today, was just barely on the horizon then and the latest in home gadgets were VCR's the size of small suitcases.  Having something like this in your Accord would have passed for truly "cutting edge" and would have seemed like something from the space program to your neighbors wallowing in their Caprice Classic and Coupe DeVille tuna boats... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[We laugh, but the physics behind this thing is used by pilots every day to navigate multi-million dollar aircraft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Haha, yeah that's really lame.  I'd never be caught dead... um... do you suppose that would still work with printed-out Google Earth maps?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 1:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[1981 called. They want their Electro Gyrocator back.<br><br>And seriously, why does nobody give shit cool names any more? "Electro Gyrocator" sounds >>> than "GPS".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 10:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[where can i get one?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[death]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 12:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[..and a few years from now, entire windshields would be navigation aids.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dudeInAmerica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 10:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[something like, transparent glass that allows you to see where you are going?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scooter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 8:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[I highly recommend going through the link that I LOVE THE CAPS KEY has posted above. Some really fascinating articles about Honda's development of various technologies. <br><br>This one:<br><br><a href="http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1981navigationsystem/text/01.html" rel="nofollow">http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1981navigationsystem/text/01.html</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[You kids and your auto-gyros and your microwave ovens!  <br>What will you think of next?!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 3:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Honda's 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/hondas-1981-electro-gyrocator-vintage-gps-at-its-finest/</guid><description><![CDATA[I read the headline as "Electro Gynocator" and though it was a Japanese invention for finding women.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 1st 2007 8:53PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>