Matthew, I think these ideas are great. I often think that similar applications could be developed using an Arduino board and some specific modules, but once you price it all up you might as well just use a FreeRunner.
You've probably seen boat race tracking on Google Maps: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/07/boat-race-tracking-on-google-maps.html Of course, in my sailing days the only electronic device allowed on a boat was a wrist watch, but that's not to say that a wireless marine sensor network wouldn't be fun to play with; I'd welcome Openmoko sailing developments and I'm sure somebody could make a _lot_ of money if they did it properly... :) Joseph /goes off to think about what we used to pay for Fredrickson ratchet blocks... 2008/9/17 Crane, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm from the coast, into surf/sailing. > > Ideas: > > - openmoko attached to bouys, phones home with bouy angle, wave forces > - openmoko race application, allow other boats to watch speed, position, > and accel forces on race participants (would be cool to see graphic of > boat hitting waves and the angle while close hauled, other boats could > view visualization when a gust hits a competitor) > - openmoko in moored yacht, alert/webserve info on forces on boat, > similar detect if boat is drifting away from mooring > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > Shiloh > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:32 PM > To: List for OpenMoko community discussion > Subject: Idea for Openmoko application: Tide updates > > > Surfers, fisherpeople, and I'm sure others care about the tides. Turns > out there are websites and applications that provide this data. For a > nice review: > > http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003037.php > > Something like this would seem to be ideal for Openmoko, especially with > > GPS. > > Anyone interested? > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community