BIKE cross country IN YOUR BASEMENT WITH GOOGLE STREETVIEW
Biking cross-country is a worthwhile pursuit, but then you’ll have to deal with horrible drivers, rain, bugs, and heat. [Jeff Adkins] over at lowendmac has a neat option to exploring the country by means of bicycle without ever leaving the safety and air conditioning of your basement.
For his build, [Jeff] used a magnetic reed switch attached to the frame of his stationary bike and the pedal crank. Whenever the pedal crank is turned, a reed switch closes on every revolution. This reed switch is connected to a new Arduino Leonardo programmed to transmit keyboard presses to a computer for every five revolutions of the pedal. From there, it’s a basic matter of loading up Google Streetview on a laptop and letting the Arduino automatically development through Streetview images while pedaling.
The next part of [Jeff]’s project will be adding left and ideal buttons to his stationary bike to navigate Google Streetview images without taking his hands off the handlebars. You can check out a demo of [Jeff] cruising around after the break.
via reddit