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A software thing I built: GPS on a 25MHz 486-SX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | get Garmin GPSMAP 66i handheld GPS → | tags: 486-sx cpu, gps mapping, hipparchus library

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Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-15 | get Barrington Atlas Greek Roman World → | tags: roman roads, archaeology, ancient rome

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The Latest Weird Thing to Play Doom Is the Mapped-Out Brain of a Fruit Fly (cnet.com)

2026-09-13 | by Joe Hindy | get Doom Eternal Nintendo Switch → | tags: doom, fruit fly brain, google

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Every invoice in Brazil's economy runs on SOAP 1.2. We mapped it all (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | tags: soap 1.2, brazil, invoice

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Ancient cave art suggests first known humans in Ireland walked over from Wales (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-07 | by Neil Prior | get Black Diamond Spot headlamp → | tags: cave art, ireland, wales

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Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | get Rand McNally large scale road atlas → | tags: lake ontario, mapquest, map navigation

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MapQuest isn’t renaming Lake Ontario, despite Trump’s executive order. And it’s surging in the App Store (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-31 | get iOttie Easy One Touch 5 car phone mount → | tags: mapquest, lake ontario, apple app store

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State of the Map 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | get Garmin GPSMAP 67 handheld GPS → | tags: openstreetmap, paris, state of the map

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CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | get Anker PowerCore 20000 power bank → | tags: comaps, offline app, volunteer mapping

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A New Thermal Add-On to My Phone Changed How I See My Home Forever (cnet.com)

2026-08-17 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: thermal master p3, hidden cameras, heat mapping

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GPS and the Lost Art of Getting Lost (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Shayla Love | tags: gps, cognitive mapping, hippocampus

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Shade Map (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: shade map, comments, user interface

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Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring in Berlin – GTM Lead (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: truemetrics, last mile delivery, gls

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New Samsung TVs will support HDR10+ Advanced streaming on Prime Video starting this month (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kris Holt | tags: hdr10+ advanced, samsung, prime video

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Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: google earth, nano banana 2, ai image generator

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The past is an open can of worms: a stimulated-memory exhibition (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Chand | tags: neural mapping, electrostim headband, nature futures

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Bytecode-to-Source Mapping (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: bytecode, jlox, jvm

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Show HN: I mapped every US golf course (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: us golf courses, show hn, mapping

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Show HN: I mapped every US golf course – 16k+ courses, free, no signup (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: us golf courses, show hn, mapping

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MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view (sciencedaily.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: lidar, silicon-photonics, autonomous vehicles

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How to Turn Every Customer Interaction Into a Win With 4 Smart AI Strategies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | by Salman Shahid | tags: ai frameworks, customer experience, heat mapping

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Ten years of mapping gene expression in tissues (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-21 | by Fan | tags: spatial transcriptomics, johns hopkins, gene expression

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ANBERNIC’s latest update adds a new launcher, button mapping and more to its gaming handhelds (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | get Anbernic RG351V Game Console → | tags: anbernic, button, button mapping

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Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-21 | by Jowi Morales | get Android Microphone Network Kit → | tags: acoustic mapping app, shahed drones, starlink

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Upgrade your summer soccer watch party with these top tech gadgets (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-13 | get Portable Bluetooth Speaker → | tags: wybot s3, android authority, robotic pool cleaner

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Roborock’s latest smart mower could be the closest thing to hands-free lawn care yet (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-10 | get Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra → | tags: lawn, mapping, mower

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I built a ceiling projection mapping of the planes flying over my house (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Projection Mapping Kit → | tags: projection mapping, reddit, planes

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Seeing Around Corners Using Smartphone-Grade Lidar (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | by Charles Q. Choi | get Lidar Scanner for iPhone → | tags: lidar, smartphone-grade lidar, autonomous vehicles

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FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time" (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | get License Plate Reader System → | tags: fbi, license plate readers, law enforcement

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Researchers Mapped 30 Million Trips to the Moon. This One’s the Cheapest (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Moon Landing Model Kit → | tags: moon missions, trajectory planning, space exploration