FRIDA V. bicycle takes geographic notes as you ride
The FRIDA V. (Free Ride Data Acquisition Vehicle) combines a normal bicycle with a tactical mapping toolkit that includes a compact computer, GPS receiver, wireless 802.11 transceiver, and an audiovisual recording unit. This makes the bike a perfect human-powered war driving vehicle and real-time mapping system. All of the open source software and hardware design for the bike can be downloaded from the Wiki (link below).
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