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Rode giving a lecture in Ljubljana. Personal collection.
In 1999, Rode and two of his friends founded eRide Inc. with the idea to build
GPS into mobile phones. He created integrated circuits that are used for navi-
gation in mobile devices and cars to this day. Personal archive.
Literature:
Gobec, Edi: Slovenski ameriški izumitelji in inovatorji : njihove sledi na Zemlji in v vesolju. Ljubljana, Družina, 2015.
Kobal, Edvard: Strast po znanju in spoznavanju : pogovori z velikimi slovenskimi znanstvenicami in znanstveniki. Ljubljana, Ustanova Slovenska znanstvena fundacija, 2003.
Web link:
A conversation with Rode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUaRQ3rqvPg
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