News tagged with geolocation

US military developing geolocation system for underground

(PhysOrg.com) -- The US military is studying the feasibility of a system that could allow them to accurately navigate in enemy underground tunnels, an environment in which GPS does not work.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report




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A new imaging system produces 3-D models of monuments using unmanned aircraft

University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)–an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. This ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving lives with Google Maps -- disaster-tracking software developed by Abertay student

Emergency responses to natural disasters could be coordinated more quickly and save lives thanks to new software developed at the University of Abertay Dundee.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clash in US on mobile privacy protection

Law enforcement officials and civil liberties advocates clashed Thursday at a US congressional hearing on a proposed law to protect the "location privacy" of people using mobile phones.

Technology / Other

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

For smartphone users: location, location, location

More smartphones means more Americans are using the devices to get location information or to share their whereabouts with friends, a study showed Friday.

Technology / Other

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Darpa seeks technology to see through clouds for warfighter support

Advanced, flyable electronics and scene simulation technology sought for video synthetic aperture radar

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Court ruling forces FBI to deactivate GPS to track suspects

A recent US Supreme Court decision is hurting the ability of federal law enforcement agencies to monitor criminal suspects with global positioning satellites (GPS), according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Technology / Other

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Applying enhanced virtuality to language learning

Merging the real world with its mirror in a virtual world so that students can be immersed in a hybrid learning environment that permits improved language teaching: that is the objective of scientists at the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Featherweight songbird is a long-distance champ

A tiny songbird weighing just two tablespoons of sugar migrates from the Arctic to Africa and back, a distance of up to 29,000 kilometres (18,000 miles), scientists reported on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Digital photos could put kids at risk

A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Where Antarctic predatory seabirds overwinter

In order to identify the flight routes of the birds, postgraduate Matthias Kopp, under the guidance of Dr. Peter, equipped South Polar skuas with geolocators in their breeding areas on King George Island, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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