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Gadgets
Take A Virtual Tour Through Google Street View On A Stationary Bike
10:20AM Sean Fallon | Using a Vuzix headset, a laptop, Arduino and a bike sensor, Aki Mimoto was able to rig up his wife’s stationary bike to transport himself through a virtual Google Street View environment. More »
Random Stuff
Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit-And-Run On Old Lady
11:40AM Sean Fallon | The latest adventure for the Google Street View car comes to us from the Netherlands, where it witnessed a fire truck mow down an innocent old lady on a bike. More »
Software
Google Street View Driver Doomed To Map Hell For All Of Eternity
2:20AM John Herrman | After careening into a wall outside of Rankin, PA, one Street View photographer has been trapped and condemned to send dispatches from a horrifying hellscape, forever. This is the highly empirical theory that the internet, and I, am sticking with. More »
QOTD
Where Would You Like To Send The Street View Trike?
10:50AM Chris Jacob | The Street View Trike has been around for a while, but now Google is looking for more places to send it. Know a cool spot where a car can’t go? Google wants to hear about it. More »
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Google Street View Drivers Had No Idea What They Were In For
2:09AM Adam Frucci | Getting paid to go on a road trip? Sweet! But wait, just how far do you want us to drive again? [Collegehumor]
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If You Lived Here…Your Van Would Be On Fire
9:23AM Wilson Rothman | Something tells me the Google Street View team should be equipped with emergency response gear and training. What tells me this? This van that’s totally on fire, for one thing. [Google via Twitter - thanks Will!]
Cameras
DIY Google Street View Camera Lets You Infuriate Shut-Ins
2:20AM Adam Frucci | Google’s spent millions of dollars sending its Street View cars around the world, photographing streets so you can see them on the internet. And now you can replicate this for some reason. More »
Vehicles
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Holy Mother of Steve McQueen! A crazy, perhaps strayed Google Street View got into the Laguna Seca Racetrack, chasing a badass group formed by a prepared Porsche, Corvette, Mazda, and—I think—an spiffy Audi. More »
Google Street View Car Speeding Through Laguna Seca Racetrack
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Holy Mother of Steve McQueen! A crazy, perhaps strayed Google Street View got into the Laguna Seca Racetrack, chasing a badass group formed by a prepared Porsche, Corvette, Mazda, and—I think—an spiffy Audi. More »
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Google Street View Car Can’t Resist Drive-Thru Urges
10:30AM Jason Chen | Of all the funny things Google Street View cars have captured, stopping by a fast-food resteaurant for lunch is probably the most delicious. Oh and that man/woman peeing on the street. That was pretty delicious too. [Google via Digg] More »
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