Now that tinkering has finally come to fruition with [Phang]’s TraLog shield, a single Arduino shield that combines GPS tracking with a GSM and GPRS transceiver.

An Arduino is equipped with a piezo sensor to detect impact, and a GSM shield takes care of the texting. It’s an interesting concept, similar to requiring police officers to wear body cameras.

David Mellis has created his very own cellphone using an Arduino GSM shield, as with any phone, on the Arduino GSM Shield cellphone allow you to store numbers ...