News tagged with gps
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GPS phone offerings: Price is Nuvifone G60's downfall; Navigon is on the money
GPS navigation is morphing from a cool luxury to just one more thing you expect out of a decent smart phone. But different phones approach the issue in different ways.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T
Product: Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 29, 2009 |
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New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator. GPS satellites send signals to a receiver in your GPS navigator, which ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones
Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 28, 2009 |
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RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone
Research In Motion today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map
Rio's favelas are home to a third of the city's population, but are almost invisible on maps -- a situation five young women are trying to change with the help of GPS and the Internet.
Oct 17, 2009 |
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Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake
Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 15, 2009 |
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NY state seeks to crack down on wayward truckers
(AP) -- New York state wants to crack down on truckers who rely on satellite devices to direct them onto faster but prohibited routes and end up crashing into overpasses that are too low for their rigs.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Tech review: Navigating iPhone GPS applications
Since Apple Inc. announced it would support turn-by-turn GPS applications for the iPhone, a slew of GPS apps have appeared in the iTunes app store.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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EU unveils more precise satnav system
(AP) -- The European Union has unveiled an updated satellite navigation system that is up to five times more precise than the current GPS system.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Point your phone to ID places
Imagine seeing a cool-looking building from afar that you want to know more about. Or seeing someone whose name you can't remember coming toward you with their hand outstretched.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 30, 2009 |
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AT&T to start selling Garmin nuvifone in October
(AP) -- After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world
(PhysOrg.com) -- New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to the lab, ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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