On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:06:41 +1100 Jim Palfreyman <[email protected]> wrote:
> A friend of mine has asked me for a good GPS method to find out where > his chickens are laying eggs. > > A GPS tracker comes to mind but some > (http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060405/really-cool-portable-gps-tracker) > seem good but expensive. > > Does anyone have any cheap (and possibly smaller) alternatives? I think this is as cheap as you can get. The company i work for build a gps tracker for piggeon carriers some time ago. It was quite a lot more expensive than those 250USD. Ok, this has been a few years back, devices got cheaper and easier to build. But such trackers to be used on live animals are still custom or semi-custom designs (mostly because you have to make sure that you dont hurt the animal in anyway) with very low volumes (if a production batch reaches 50 devices, we're already quite happy). Hence they always cost quite a bit. On the other hand, if you can get a few farmers together i'm quite sure that it should be possible to get enough volume together to get the price low enought. <shameless advertisment> If you or your friend is interested in a tracker solution like this. You could contact me offlist and we could see what can be done. </shameless advertisment> Attila Kinali _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
