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Daniel Feldman 🟦

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Security engineering at Stealth Co. Always trying new things.

Good takes are mine alone. Bad takes are someone else's.

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2 weeks ago

The Etak was the first car 'GPS' system, in 1985

GPS wasn't ready yet. So it used dead reckoning, combined with snapping to known roads.

It used an 8080 CPU, vector CRT, tape storage, and car wheel sensors

They had to make their own maps!

The cost was $1,400 ($4,000 today)!

The Etak was the first car 'GPS' system, in 1985 GPS wasn't ready yet. So it used dead reckoning, combined with snapping to known roads. It used an 8080 CPU, vector CRT, tape storage, and car wheel sensors They had to make their own maps! The cost was $1,400 ($4,000 today)!
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