Integrated Pocket PC, GPS and Laser Range Finder

freitasm writes "Geekzone is reporting on Ike, made by Surveylab. Ike is a handheld data capture device that integrates GPS, an electronic compass, a laser distance meter, an inclinometer, a digital camera, and a Pocket PC 2003 handheld in a single unit, ideal for GIS and other surveys."

Ah, but...

[WIAKywbfatw]

...can you mount it on the head of a shark?

My day

[SillySnake]

Back in my day we only had luck and those flashy things up in the air at night.

Good!

[kc0re]

For all of us that don't have enough toys to begin with. This will consolidate some of them..

Hey look!

[ParadoxicalPostulate]

Its a tricorder!

poor Ike...

[lukewarmfusion]

reporting on Ike...

I didn't know President Eisenhower was a geek.

Is that a Pocket PC, GPS and Laser Range Finder...

[Anonymous Coward]

...in your pocket or are you just happy to see the hole you're burning into my retina.

Re:Ah, but...

[syphax]

...can you mount it on the head of a shark?

It doesn't matter; the laser is not of "frickin'" spec.

Great...

[niko9]

for all the Slashdot geeks. They can take pictures of all the girls they could have hooked up with.

Hell, they can even look at each other range finders to see who actually got the closest to a girl.

i'm waiting...

[tsunamifirestorm]

for one that can record video. :)

George Carlin

[Rick the Red]

I believe it was George Carlin who said that only in America could you stick any two things together and someone would buy it.

Yay! The tricorder is just around the corner

[Uncle Op]

This is cool. A great toy that will let everyone put up 3D models of their houses so they can offer virtual tours on the web. Or put out for bids on landscaping or renovations.

I love toys...

Still...

[ackthpt]

Ike is a handheld data capture device that integrates GPS, an electronic compass, a laser distance meter, an inclinometer, a digital camera, and a Pocket PC 2003 handheld in a single unit, ideal for GIS and other surveys."

Still, it's missing a wasabi dispenser.

GIS?

[Anonymous Coward]

How is this good for Google Image Search? ;o

I'll buy one myself

[Jotaigna]

when they manage to shrink them to the size of Derek Zoolander's Mobile Phone.

Oh no...

[nick0909]

"Ike is a Pocket PC running [...] Bluetooth."

I hope Nokia didn't help them with the Bluetooth code.

Re:Ah, but...

[gid13]

I'm in engineering physics (lasers and other stuff to those who don't know), and graduates always pull pranks on a certain day, very ceremonial blah blah blah. Anyway, I tried to convince them that we should get an aquarium of fish with lasers attached and put it in the office window or something. But would they go for it? No. Bastards and their "feasibility".

Great combo...

[jwthompson2]

So now I will be able to find exactly where I want to hike up the mountain, be able to know which way I am going, know exactly how far I am from the top, tell how close to verticle I am approaching, take photos as I approach the summit and then have company that will understand me when I trip and crash and go tumbling down said mountain.

Re:Ah, but...

[Ever Dubious]

How about on the head of an ill-tempered sea bass?

hmmm

[netfall]

sounds like something made by swiss army. all it needs now is a magnifying glass and a toothpick.
on a serious note, the perfect addition to the features on this would be cell phone. and wifi. i decided i'm going to wait out on getting a new cell phone until it does absolutely everything i want (no, not need - want).

Wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

Add a gas spectrometer and you have a tricorder!

Beam me up scotty!

Evil Man

Could have used one of these at the SuperBowl...

[Anonymous Coward]

could have taken a picture of Janet Jackson's breast and documented the time, exact location, inclination, direction and the exact distance from "the breast" to my seat with the range finder. The exact answer to "where were you when the "wardrobe malfunction" occured"...

Dear Dad

[mikeophile]

Thanks for giving this neat gadget for Christmas. I thought I'd send you this email from it to let you know how it's working out. As you can tell from the coordinates, I'm backpacking in the Alaskan wilderness. It's great here. Just me and nature. I've never done any camping this ambitious, but with this toy how can I go wrong? Here's some pictures. Isn't it beautiful? Oh look! There's a bear and some cubs a couple hundred yards away. Here's some pictures. Hold on, I'll let you know exactly how far away with the laser rangefinder. The big one is precisely 220.6 meters away. This is so cool! Oh now it moving. Now it's 190.2 meters away. Make that 153.6 meters. It's hard to beleive something that big could move so fast. 98 meters now. Hmmmm, I don't suppose I'm irritating the bear by shining this laser in it's eyes? It's 46 meters away now. I should probably go. I love you Dad. Tell Mom I lov...

<NO CARRIER>

Battery Life

[tr0llb4rt0]

MMM I wonder how far it is to that rock

points range finder

Pocket pc is shutting down ....

D'Oh!

..they could have hooked up with ...

[burgburgburg]

They can take pictures of all the girls they could have hooked up with.

You mean, all the girls they could have hooked up with if they weren't carrying the combined GPS, electronic compass, laser distance meter, inclinometer, digital camera, Pocket PC 2003 handheld? Come on, even then it's unlikely.

"ideal for GIS and other surveys"

[flacco]

...and for targeting mortars.

Re:Good? GOOD?!?

[p4ul13]

I am stuck in my cave with my new GPS//PDA !!

You might want to get out of that cave. GPS typically doesn't work well in such conditions, and we'd hate for that nice tech to go to waste.

Re:tricorder feature list

[jheinen]

It's the 24th Century and battery life is only up to 18 hours?!?!?

Re:Great...

[MiniMike]

Hell, they can even look at each other range finders to see who actually got the closest to a girl.

Read the article. The rangefinder only works up to 100 yards.