Node Explorer upgrades GPS tourism with WiFi, Linux

Combine GPS, WiFi, a high-res color display and audio output, and you've got a device that the U.K.'s Telegraph likens to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
(the object in Douglas Adams' books — not the recent flick). The unit, a prototype Node Explorer from Bath-based Node,
is billed as a location-aware media player. Using GPS to get location data, the Linux-based, ruggedized unit communicates over WiFi with a nearby Node Server to present info on a location in realtime. Currently envisioned as being a tool for tourists, the Node Explorer could be a more versatile solution than current
GPS tourism devices, which typically use off-the-shelf components like Pocket PCs, and keep their data onboard, limiting their utility to a narrow, pre-defined geographical area.

[Via

the Telegraph]