Friday, April 5, 2013 - 10:44am
Using social media to spread awareness and protest movements has become the norm, but a new device looks to combine it with GPS, as a kind of security blanket for protesters.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 11:32am
Rolly-Royce's new Wraith luxury car selects the correct gear for upcoming terrain based on information from its GPS system.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 2:16pm
There's now an affordable device that will let you travel around your city capturing geo-tagged, 360-degree imagery just like Google's Street View cars.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 3:28pm
The New York Police Department’s new initiative will reportedly use GPS technology to track down the city's prescription drug thieves.
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 1:04am
Austrian-based Tractive debuted its GPS pet tracker at CES, giving humans ease of mind about their four legged friends with real-time location updates.
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 12:26pm
Do you remember the world before GPS? Soon, not having indoor positioning systems will seem just as crazy.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 11:28am
GPS is a fantastic technology, allowing you to pinpoint your location within a few feet anywhere in the world, except all those places where you can't get a clear view of the sky, like inside buildings. People spend rather a lot of time inside buildings, which is what makes this new geomagnetic location technology (which does work inside) so cool.
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3:07pm
The Global Positioning System has revolutionized how we keep ourselves from getting lost on the way from Point A to Point B. Not getting lost is equally important for spacecraft, and the best method of space localization might be to use a System based on Pulsars throughout the Galaxy. Hmm, how about we just call it "GPS" for short.
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 7:15am
Using electronic devices while driving is a huge distraction. Even the act of looking at or listening to your GPS can take your mind off the road. AT&T Labs is working on a solution that alerts drivers to navigational information by triggering vibrations on the steering wheel to augment other GPS commands.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 6:00am
Aaron Parecki has been logging his whereabouts since he was a 4th grader. Back then he kept stacks of notebooks detailing his school commute (start time, end time, time traveled, who drove, and in what car) and today he uses a GPS. Check out the gallery below to see what 3+ years of constant GPS activity looks like on a map.
