Who needs GPS? The forgotten story of ETAK
http://www.fastcompany.com/3047828/who-needs-gps-the-forgotten-story-of-etaks-amazing-1985-car-navigation-system
Thirty years ago, a company called Etak released the first commercially
available computerized navigation system for automobiles. Spearheaded by
an engineer named Stan Honey and bankrolled by Nolan Bushnell, the
cofounder of Atari, the company's Navigator was so far ahead of its time
that the phrase "ahead of its time" seems like an understatement ... For
this particular race, Honey had a little help from modern technology.
Bushnell had commissioned Honey--who spent his non-sailing days as an
engineer at legendary Silicon Valley research institute
SRI International ...
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