Track Kit: Explore & Share Your Travel Experience With Street Video Plus More
‘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.
GPS-enabled Smart Shoes ‘LeChal’ Launched To Show You Direction
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!
Piksi: A New GPS Receiver That Offers Navigation Accuracy To An Inch
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.
Garmin Turns Your Smartphone Into A In-Car Head-Up Display That Shows Directions
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.
DARPA Develops Non-GPS Navigation System For Indoors
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 unavailable.
CRD Distributes GPS Bracelets To Save Human Rights Activists In Times Of Attack
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.
GPS Collars Placed On World’s Rarest Antelopes
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.
GPS Error Drove 67-Year Old Woman 900 Miles Away From Her Destination
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.
VivoPlay Brings GPS, WiFi And GSM Connection To Kids In A Wristwatch
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.
Leikr GPS Sports Watch For Athletes Launched On KickStarter
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 sports watch.
Researchers Detailed Crippling Flaws In GPS And Dependent Systems
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Coherent Navigation have developed a hardware platform for GPS attacks and have demonstrated three novel attack techniques that can cripple the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Google Uses Atomic Clocks To Synchronize Its Global Spanner Database
Ever imagined how Google is able to store and sync the immense amounts of data that is generated by its millions of users? The company makes use of atomic clocks collectively with Spanner database to sync the time between all data centers.
Pricey And Limited TomTom Navigation App Comes To Android Devices
TomTom has released an Android-version of its navigation application on Google Play two days ago. One negative aspect of the application that already came to light is it doesn’t work on some of the high-resolution newer Android smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S III. The older your Android smartphone is, the better are the chances of compatibility. Except for the compatibility issue, the app itself is magnificent. The turn-by-turn navigation easily outperforms its Google Maps counterparts.
Cops Can Track Suspects Via Cellphone Without Warrant: Federal Court
If law enforcement team wants to search any place or arrest someone, they need search/arrest warrant. But, sometimes it’s not possible to get the search/arrest warrant just in time. At that time, rather than getting search/arrest warrant from a judge, it’s better to track the suspect. But, at the same time, tracking anyone without any warrant is illegal. The Federal court has ruled that from now on law enforcement can track suspects via cellphone without any warrant.
MIT’s Autonomous Robotic Plane Maneuvers In Tight Spaces Without GPS
Can you imagine an unmanned plane flying navigating its way through the sky without a GPS? A team at MIT has designed an autonomous robotic airplane which navigates itself using only on-board sensors and maneuvers without GPS. Tests on a small prototype show that the autonomous robotic airplane can dodge pillars in a parking garage.
