so ? anybody going ? i ask because, besides the obvious interest of seeing all the new liseuses that will be demo-ed there, and talking to the various liseuse-making reps, i just found out that a project i worked on will also be demo-ed there. i'd love to know how that goes, if someone happened to be passing through. i'm not yet sure whether it's confidential or not, i'll let you know when i hear back (i've just asked).

I would love to go :( But I am not. But if I did I would be wearing a woot shirt, in the hopes I might be able to flag down some woot staff...they go every year.

I will be going to CES 2009. I'll report back my findings..

Fabian.

I found this in the Thread titled CES 2009.

I found this in the Thread titled CES 2009.

thanks !!

also, i've heard back from the person who hired me for the project, it is not confidential, so here is the description :

the company is DeCarta, they made the technology used in Google maps, and it's a similar application to that. there is a map in the page (like google maps) and a search function and you can search for a business / service or a location.

you can create an account which will allow you to store different locations and routes and it can send the location to a device like a Tomtom (i don't know what a tomtom is, but i added that name to an example list of devices). it can calculate a good route to or from that location. you can store several default locations (home, work, school...) and routes (home to work, work to school...) and ask the api to calculate the best route to add the new location to, and then send the info to your device. you can register several devices, so you can also send it to your mother's device or your friend's or whatever. it might be able to take into account traffic conditions and weather alerts as well. there will be more features added to it, i don't even know everything they have planned.

i was not at all involved in the conception of the project, i only had a very very tiny role writing some code to add features on to existing pages and create static html demo pages, but still i admit i'm rather excited to know that a project i participated in will be demo-ed at CES !

TomTom is name of a GPS navigation system (competitor of Garmin). Very cool about the product and hope it does well!

right, Garmin was also in that list. that makes sense, thanks. i was thinking of a device like a cellphone, that might work sometimes too. it does seem like a cool product ! i'm rather excited to be working on it. i hope it does well.

Sort of a networked GPS/routing thing with route sharing built in and calculation of routes offloaded to a central server or something?

I hope the project offers a lot of features with a great interface, because price=0 as in the navigation products below is hard to beat. All you need is a GPS-enabled modern-ish phone. Or a bluetooth/serial GPS module it can talk to.

With that whole web 2.0 social stuff and route/place/map sharing:
http://www.nav4all.com/site2/www.nav4all.com/index.php
Without:
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php

I've used nav4all for more than a year now, and it has never steered me wrong in any place I have found myself in.

Sort of a networked GPS/routing thing with route sharing built in and calculation of routes offloaded to a central server or something?
heu, probably, yes... everything i know about it deduced from the demo pages i was making, so my info is pretty limited. :rolleyes:

I hope the project offers a lot of features with a great interface, because price=0 as in the navigation products below is hard to beat. All you need is a GPS-enabled phone. Or a bluetooth/serial GPS module it can talk to.

With that whole web 2.0 social stuff and route/place/map sharing:
http://www.nav4all.com/site2/www.nav4all.com/index.php
Without:
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php

I've used nav4all for more than a year now, and it has never steered me wrong in any place I have found myself in.

i'm pretty sure the price of this one will be 0 as well. :chinscratch: i believe it's going to be an online api like google maps. i could be wrong though. it is probably something similar to those things you linked to but i don't think you install it on your device ; i was working on browser interfaces. you register your devices to your account, and then it sends the info to the device.

sorry i don't have more detailed info !

also, i've heard back from the person who hired me for the project, it is not confidential, so here is the description :

the company is DeCarta, they made the technology used in Google maps, and it's a similar application to that. there is a map in the page (like google maps) and a search function and you can search for a business / service or a location.

you can create an account which will allow you to store different locations and routes and it can send the location to a device like a Tomtom (i don't know what a tomtom is, but i added that name to an example list of devices). it can calculate a good route to or from that location. you can store several default locations (home, work, school...) and routes (home to work, work to school...) and ask the api to calculate the best route to add the new location to, and then send the info to your device. you can register several devices, so you can also send it to your mother's device or your friend's or whatever. it might be able to take into account traffic conditions and weather alerts as well. there will be more features added to it, i don't even know everything they have planned.

i was not at all involved in the conception of the project, i only had a very very tiny role writing some code to add features on to existing pages and create static html demo pages, but still i admit i'm rather excited to know that a project i participated in will be demo-ed at CES !
Anyone gathering the irony of The Queen, who a) doesn't know what a TomTom is and b) doesn't drive, working on a project like this?:p

So the revenue model would have to be something like advertising.

Hmmm, interesting.

Anyone gathering the irony of The Queen, who a) doesn't know what a TomTom is and b) doesn't drive, working on a project like this?:p

what ? i know how to code html and css, that's all anybody was asking of me ! :p no need for a driver's licence for that !

Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.

So the revenue model would have to be something like advertising.

Hmmm, interesting.

yes, that would be my guess. in the "results" screen (keyword "pizza") i made there were some regular results and then there was a "sponsored result" which would be an advertiser. it got slightly different graphical treatment and a different coloured pin. that's probably where the revenue comes from, at least partially.

Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.
exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea... :o

Yes, but we were talking irony, which doesn't need a car, either.

true, true !

exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea... :o

Isn't that what friends are for?

Also, I'm confused about irony.

I've always understood it to be:
"the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning".

But I'm frequently wrong.

Isn't that what friends are for?

good point. note to self : try to find yourself some friends with driver's licences / cars.

good point. note to self : try to find yourself some friends with driver's licences / cars.
I've got both. Including a short bed pickup. What do you need hauled?:D

I've got both. Including a short bed pickup. What do you need hauled?:D

addendum to note above : *preferably on the same continent as you. :rolleyes:

Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.
Denver, the last dinosaur !!

Me dinosaur. Me proud to be dinosaur. Vrooom, vrooom......

exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea... :o


Why us country dwellers out in the middle of nowhere! ;)
I do as much of my shopping online. Technology is a wonderful thing (when it works!!!), and the UPS, FedEx and mail/catalog carriers who haul all the stuff I buy!

the company is DeCarta, they made the technology used in Google maps, and it's a similar application to that. there is a map in the page (like google maps) and a search function and you can search for a business / service or a location.!
Sounds excellent. We have a Garmin GPS which we use while biking, which we then interface with Google Earth Plus vis USB port so that we can show our route(s) on Google Earth. We can save our routes and send them to friends.

We also have another make of GPS in the car, which is needed in this bridge entrapped, mayhem traffic bottlenecked city.

An over-the-airways way of keep up-to-date with the latest routes (i.e. avoiding constrution, seeing new roads, even avoiding accidents) would be fantastic (buying upgrades to existing maps can get expensive since as soon as they are made they are out-of-date). The devices get input from about 12 satellites to triangulate (multiangulate/pinpoint) your exact locaction but it'd be interresting to know how the new info (routes/pointes of interest/businessess etc.) would get downloaded.

Thanks for the heads-up, looking forward to the news release and am very proud of you for having any part in it.:hatsoff:

Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.

If only that were so true on this side of the Atlantic... I'm in Atlanta, GA, a city which makes doing without a car very, very difficult. I got around okay for a while on a 50cc scooter, but a couple weeks ago had a bad enough accident that I've realized my "under 30" invincibility must have worn off early. So car shopping for me :(.

exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea... :o

:rolleyes:

Maybe people who live in rural areas with no public transport system (good , bad, or mediocre) and live far away from shops, grocery stores, etc.

Thanks for the heads-up, looking forward to the news release and am very proud of you for having any part in it.:hatsoff:
thank you, but once again, i really had very little to do with this project and i can't take credit for anything important. just a bit of code !
If only that were so true on this side of the Atlantic... I'm in Atlanta, GA, a city which makes doing without a car very, very difficult. I got around okay for a while on a 50cc scooter, but a couple weeks ago had a bad enough accident that I've realized my "under 30" invincibility must have worn off early. So car shopping for me :(.
ouch !! i'm sorry to hear that, i hope you are okay ! be careful !!!

...
Also, I'm confused about irony.

I've always understood it to be:
"the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning".

But I'm frequently wrong.

Does this help?


http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-dog-pictures-dog-ate-your-book-about-dogs.jpg (http://ihasahotdog.com/2009/01/09/funny-dog-pictures-irony/)

Cheers,
Marc

Does this help?


http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-dog-pictures-dog-ate-your-book-about-dogs.jpg (http://ihasahotdog.com/2009/01/09/funny-dog-pictures-irony/)

Cheers,
Marc

I'd say funny as hell and epic fail yes (I lol'd) but irony no.

What about this?

http://www.booooooom.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/booooooom_furuta_01.jpg (http://ffffound.com/image/35e51f52b4d44ebfe6d347542257b71004ac4cf1)

Tee hee, where do you get this stuff?

fffound? Well that's going in the RSS feedmix.

i would like to thank the both of you for helping me start my saturday with a giggle.

(what do you mean "are you just getting up ???" i was up late last night. also : saturday. sheesh.)

Tee hee, where do you get this stuff?

fffound? Well that's going in the RSS feedmix.

I don't really try answer questions here. I just look for excuses to post images I've "favourite"d from the ffffound feed.

And now it's time for bed. Ni-night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugsARGH! ARGH! T-REX!

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5071/616281b6800kp8.jpg (http://ffffound.com/image/4a7e62645f0b6d5c760e8c2508a22ac7ebc2385c)

Cheers,
Marc ("....bang a gong, get it on...")

Does this help?


http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-dog-pictures-dog-ate-your-book-about-dogs.jpg (http://ihasahotdog.com/2009/01/09/funny-dog-pictures-irony/)

Cheers,
Marc

Too many wrinkles. Needs irony! :D

Too many wrinkles. Needs irony! :D

aaarg !!! :p