News tagged with mapping system

Nokia showcases indoor 3-D mapping phone solution (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nokia is showing off a prototype that location enthusiasts consider the next step in indoor mapping. Nokia has built a Location Extension Protocol on top of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Women navigate more efficiently than men

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico suggests women navigate more efficiently than men in some circumstances, even though previous studies have shown that in general ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Solar Scientists Use 'Magnetic Mirror Effect' to Reproduce IBEX Observation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission scientists released the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system's edge in particles, solar physicists have been busy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Next-generation autos go for global connectivity

Touch navigational screens, Internet, communications systems: Automakers are ramping up an array of connectivity gizmos to lure consumers into buying next-generation vehicles.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Data from savvy cabbies to help improve online mapping

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft is planning to tap into the intimate knowledge taxi drivers have of their cities to improve their online mapping systems and help drivers navigate to their destinations faster.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

LRO camera team releases high resolution global topographic map of moon

(PhysOrg.com) -- The science team that oversees the imaging system on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Green routing' can cut car emissions without significantly slowing travel time

The path of least emissions may not always be the fastest way to drive somewhere. But according to new research from the University at Buffalo, it's possible for drivers to cut their tailpipe emissions without significantly ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

German privacy watchdog dislikes Facebook's 'Like'

(AP) -- A German data protection authority is "unliking" Facebook's "Like" button.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dawn opens its eyes, checks its instruments

(PhysOrg.com) -- After a hibernation of about six months, the framing cameras on board NASA's Dawn spacecraft have again ventured a look into the stars. The spacecraft also powered up its visible and infrared ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Dawn team members check out spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mission managers for NASA's Dawn spacecraft are studying the spacecraft's ion propulsion system after Dawn experienced a loss of thrust on June 27. Dawn team members were able to trace the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Carbon mapping breakthrough

By integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the World Wildlife ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Review: Technology helps golfers fine-tune game

(AP) -- Golf is a constant quest for improvement, which is why new clubs, balls, training aids and other gadgets are introduced each year. If gadgets were truly the answer, of course, there would be more ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Mars camera yields best Red Planet map ever

(PhysOrg.com) -- The best Mars map ever made is now available online for planetary scientists and armchair astronauts alike. And citizen scientists are invited to help make it even better.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Engineers Help Power Solar Use by 'Mapping' the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the use of solar power grows in California it will become more important to know exactly how much radiation and energy are generated in regions throughout the state. That’s the basis behind ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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, ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0