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Steampunk SatNav?

In three more cranks of the wheel we should be in Brighton...

When in London next week I will certainly be headed to the British Library at some point to see the small exhibit on weird and wonderful gadgets collected by Maurice Collins.

Of particular interest here is this wrist-watch style navigation system, called the Plus Fours Routefinder, on which the driver would wind the little scrolled paper maps along as he drove (not sure what to do if the main route was congested). The Routefinder, which covered a variety of routes, featured updated distances as well as a “Stop” instruction — but hopefully you would realize you were in, say, London before the little device said so. Not sure if listed petrol stations and the like.

(via Company Car Driver)

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Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 12:02 pm by: Tom Vanderbilt
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