Yahoo Bike Takes Pics and Uploads them to Flickr
3 Comments By Uzair on September 17th, 2008 in Cameras and Photography
Yahoo has deployed a new idea of creating a bicycle with a built-in camera that can take and upload pictures of places as rider travels. The Bicycles are GPS enabled and come with camera phones that have been set to snap images automatically between time intervals, and then upload those photos to a special Flickr account that can be seen by riders in cities around the globe.
The Yahoo Bike has N95 camera phones mounted on the handlebar that are pre-equipped with meta-data for the photos in the Flickr accounts. As the Bike automatically detects that it is in motion, the camera is set up to snap pictures every 60 seconds. Moreover, the Yahoo Bicycle has solar panels which power the camera, so you need not worry about missing worthy photos because of a dead battery.
These features and the Yahoo bicycles are available in the San Francisco and New York area, and will be soon launched in Singapore, Denmark and the U.K as well.
Via: Lifehacker
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October 10th, 2008 at 10:58 am
[...] it does provide some great advantages. No, it does not have the Technological Abilities that the Yahoo Bike provides, but still adds a fresher look and [...]
January 16th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
[...] you were looking for a little variety in the bikes you purchase, you could try checking out the Yahoo Flickr Bikes. If you want to go the non solar-power way, you could still choose to stay bright with the Night [...]
April 15th, 2009 at 3:28 am
These bikes should be sent to genocidal trouble areas around the world, like Darfur and Sri Lanka.