GPS

'Track Kit' is multi-functional tracker app that lets you to share the travel experience with route plans, images, presentation as well as street video. It also offers exclusive free web service for wandering through and presenting your travel routes.

Imagine you are alone and heavily plastered and can't remember where you live, but the address/location is stored in your phone. But you are in a position to use that. In this situation, how will you go to your home? Well, your shoes will take you to your sweet home!

Global Positioning System (GPS) provides location and time information in all weather conditions. Colin Beighley and Fergus Noble, the team members of Swift Navigation, have devised Piksi (pronounced "pixie"), a new GPS receiver that could give unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a GPS signal accurate to an inch.

Last month we reported that some engineers are trying to make such a motorcycle helmet that can navigate. But in the mean time, Sat-nav firm Garmin has made a portable Head-Up Display (HUD) for cars that projects turn-by-turn directions on to a vehicle's windscreen.

The GPS-based navigation system used worldwide has seen a boon in usage in recent years. But the satellite-based navigation system isn’t without its shortcomings – it doesn’t work in indoors or tunnels. This could be a serious problem for military users. Hence, DARPA has made a self-sufficient navigation system that can aid users when GPS is…

The Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), a non-profit group devoted to human rights, has issued their first set of GPS bracelets under the Natalia project. The bracelet, currently distributed among 5 activists, will alert the CRD headquarter, other activists nearby, and all of CRD’d social media following if the bracelets owner is kidnapped or attacked.

Hirola is known as the world's rarest antelope since its total global population is currently less than 500 members. The specie is in a threat of extinction due to environmental changes and poachers. To keep tabs on these antelopes and to ensure their safety, Zoological Society of London has now helped in GPS collaring nine hirolas.

Some people seems to blindly believe GPS technology and digital maps, no matter what these technologies do. A recent example is a 67-year old Belgian woman who was driven 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) in an absolutely wrong direction by her car's GPS.

Parents are often concerned about the location and safety of their kids. We've seen many technology products to help with it but none come anywhere near the all-in-one solution that Evado Filip US is now offering. Branded as 'VivoPlay', the product looks like a wristwatch and packs GPS, WiFi and GSM connection.

A number of GPS solutions are currently available in the market. With most smartphones equipped with GPS, most people can look for directions on the go. But some may need it more quickly and in a less bulky package than others. To cater to such audience, comprising of athletes and sportsmen, a group of ex-Nokia engineers has unveiled Leikr GPS…