Tag Archives: hardware

Improving GPS accuracy with EGNOS

Posted on December 2, 2010 by John san

One of the things we learned from our field trials this August was that the on-board GPS in our Android phones (HTC Desire, Nexus One) doesn’t resolve position as accurately as we’d like, often only achieving a 10m ‘accuracy’ (as … Continue reading →

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Nexus One: cool tools

Posted on April 19, 2010 by John san

The new handset has been very busy this week, and despite some connectivity problems is proving to have a ‘handy set’ of tools.

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Unboxing the Android

Posted on April 13, 2010 by John san

Yesterday was our first chance to try out the project’s new Android phone, the Google Nexus One. In the box is a phone handset and battery, with a 4GB micro-SDHC card for storage, a mains charger, audio headset, neoprene slip-case, … Continue reading →

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First ‘Hands On’ with the Microsoft Surface

Posted on March 31, 2010 by John san

The new Surface has arrived, and  it’s a compelling experience. As you can see from the following pictures, people can’t keep their hands off it.

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Appropriate technology.

Posted on March 19, 2010 by John san

Exploring practical approaches to close-up photography in the field: The £10 magnifier. Continue reading →

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