street view
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 »
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 »
Online
Hungry Google Street View Driver Directs You To Local KFC
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Google Street View see the Almighty, fights crime, and even does self-portraits. It’s a busy, relentless lifestyle. I guess what I’m getting at is… dude gets hungry once in a while, and you’re coming along for the ride. More »
Random Stuff
Muggers Caught After Crime Was Captured By Google Street View
5:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Last September, a 14-year-old Dutch boy was assaulted and robbed after being shoved off his bike. But with no evidence and no real idea who his assailants were, police were powerless—until the crime showed up on Street View. More »
Online
What It’s Like to Drive the Google Street View Van
2:00AM Matt Buchanan | This is what it’s like driving the Google Street View van across the Golden Gate Bridge. Seems a bit choppy: More »
Online
Google Street View Discovers Rift in Spacetime Contiuum
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Pre-medieval warriors! Battling to the death! In Pittsburgh! (Appropriately, at Samsonia Way.) Obviously a serious tear in the spacetime contiuum, since it even replaced their iron weapons with modern foam-rubber. [Google Maps - Thanks tipster!] More »
Software
