Friday, January 4, 2013 - 12:26pm
Do you remember the world before GPS? Soon, not having indoor positioning systems will seem just as crazy.
navigation stories
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 1:04am
Forget about those people who want to ban portable electronics in cars. One major manufacturer has a different idea, with a dock that totally integrates your phone into the car's control systems.
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:11pm
Finding your way through a complex intersection with most GPS units can be tricky, especially when road you see through the windshield doesn't look anything like what's on the map. This GPS unit fixes that problem, by replacing the map with a live video view from a dash mounted camera.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 12:05am
Native New Yorkers like myself can usually spot tourists from a block away. They're the ones looking lost as they wander around the city map in hand. The really geeky ones might even carry a hand held GPS. What they really need to blend in is this GPS equipped bag built by a guy called Josh, to guide him around Chicago.
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 6:00am
This odd little wristwatch from the 1920s was designed to help drivers get where they needed to go. Sound familiar? That's because, it's the far distant relative of today's GPS.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 9:45am
GPS devices are great, but you always have to look at them and their screens to see where you should be headed. That's not the case with this pair of glasses created by the Nakajima Lab at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:44pm
Say hello to AIDA, or — since robots aren't allowed to have plain 'ol names — your Affective Intelligent Driving Agent. Think of it like a Wall-E character that helps you get around. The affective part is that it's designed...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 12:47pm
Garmin jumps into the connected GPS game with its Nüvi 1690, a $500 portable that carries on the user-friendly tradition of the respected navigation pioneer. It connects with the EDGE network to wirelessly deliver real-time traffic info and lots more....
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 4:31pm
There's little doubt that an electric bike is a smart way to get around, but they have little onboard storage, and face it: messenger bags really only look good on bike messengers. Ryan McGinley has designed the Amur Leopard, a...
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 12:49pm
Seems like every device these days has to do double-duty. Phones must have cameras, cameras must play music, games need GPS, and now, GPS units must take pictures. The new Garmin Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t are handheld GPS units...
