Gps News
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Technologists have devised a new technique designed to prevent cyberattacks on GPS-enabled devices. GPS, especially for utilities, remains one of the higher risk technologies in terms of cybersecurity.
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Farmers have been using GPS systems on their tractors for some time. Now they are being used with self-driving tractors and soon with autonomous tractors that drive themselves.
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South Korea, the U.K., U.S., and Russia are dusting off WWII eloran radio technology for use as a backup system for ship navigation because GPS systems are increasingly being jammed by hackers.
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Augmented reality startup Blippar has announced a prototype app that makes augmented reality in cities faster and more precise. The company intends to make future augmented reality apps, like the next Pokémon Go, more responsive and visually accurate.
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Facebook has announced a new Messenger feature that lets you share your location with your friends and family for a limited period of time. It's similar to the location tracking feature recently added to Google Maps and carries the same privacy concerns.
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Paris -
One theory about why Kim Kardashian was robbed in her Paris apartment was that she was targeted after the thieves saw the expensive jewellery she had through her extensive posting on social media.
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Birmingham -
Technology based on global positioning systems can be used to assess the likelihood of injuries produced while people compete in soccer matches, according to a new study.
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Sydney -
Australia's government has decided to shift longitude and latitude to address a difference between local coordinates and those for Global Positioning Systems. Currently there is a significant disparity between the two.
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Queens -
The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team did not violate league rules when it used laser technology to position players before a game with the Mets last month in New York.
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Flushing -
The New York Mets baseball team has formally complained to league officials about what they suspect was another team's use of advanced electronics to better position players on the field.
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Avila Beach -
Environmental goals today may sometimes seem unattainable, but with ingenuity and the use of modern technology, it is amazing what we can accomplish. So it is with an unmanned solar-powered boat that sets sail on Memorial Day, headed for Hawaii.
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Tobermory -
The weather conditions Thursday night in Ontario were such that having a GPS in the car was really helpful to motorists driving in the rain and fog. But one woman, relying on her GPS, drove her car into Lake Huron.
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Beginning around the year 2000, the North Pole abruptly changed its direction and started drifting east, and its all thanks to us, scientists have discovered.
The geographic North Pole is located smack in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
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Finding Rover is a new smartphone app that helps dog owners find their lost pets by using facial recognition technology.
John Polimeno, developer of the app, was sitting in a coffee shop when he noticed the ever ubiquitous "lost dog" poster.
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A report has called for Britain's 999 hotline to allow people to report emergencies by texting or using an app. It says this is more applicable to the modern world and could help in cases where sound isn't viable, such as a break-in.
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Highland Springs -
A Virginia man who was being held on a drug charge and wearing a GPS tracking device may have fled the state, and possibly the country because he may have found a novel way to confound authorities.
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The finding that the brain's in-built "GPS" never stops working, even when we are asleep, could provide the basis of a treatment to tackle early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Coonabarabran -
When a seemingly clairvoyant highway patrol officer 'estimated' that the truck driver he issued a ticket to was speeding, the driver filmed the incident and posted it on the social media.
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Arroba -
When his GPS sent him down the wrong street in a small Spanish town on Wednesday, a German truck driver was wedged and trapped for nine hours between two houses.
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If you could ensure your loved one's safety by utilizing a tracking device, would you consider it as an essential or as inhumane?
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Five Chinese tourists on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in the south of France found themselves in the wrong Lourdes, a church called Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in the village of Leuhan in Brittany, north west France, 800 kilometres from their intended destination.
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Port Saint Lucie -
A teacher at a private Christian school in Florida has been arrested after her husband found her having sex with a 16-year-old boy in a car.
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GPS navigators have for years been very useful in finding locations, but recently it has shifted to finding your way inside of places including the Macy's in New York's Herald Square. New technology allows users to navigate passages and even find items.
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In the U.K., Nestle company is really going all out to find the winners of their newest contest. Chocolate lovers may hide, but they will be found.
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A London-based developer has created a pair of GPS-enabled shoes that will guide a walker to his or her next destination.
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Houston -
Some new research has explored how pigeons find their way home. The findings suggest that pigeons have a type of in-built magnetic compass, something similar to a natural GPS.
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A group of three students from Tokyo found themselves taking an unexpected water trip on their vacation in Australia.
The trio was driving to North Stradbroke Island and their GPS took them straight into Moreton Bay.
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The latest GPS unit from TomTom comes with a ‘manifesto’ stating its goal to reduce traffic around the world. Sounds good — but is it possible?
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Hedy Lamarr is remembered as a stunning legend in Hollywood's Golden Age. However, most people do not know that she would co-patent the technology for today's cellphones, Wi-Fi and GPS by building a torpedo for the U.S.Navy.
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A newly marketed shoe with a built-in global positioning system has become the latest tool available to quickly track seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia sufferers who wander away from their homes and loved ones.
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GPS shoe sold by GTX Corp. GPX Corp.
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American GPS IIF navigation satellite being prepared for launch. U.S. Air Force
The fifth generation Lexus navigation system used on the Lexus LS 460 L, with 9-inch 800x600 high-resolution touchscreen. Thanks to difiorito at ClubLexus for photo. Lexus owner
The Garmin nüvi 3700 GPS device Courtesy Garmin
LORAN Station Malone, Florida: View of middle section of transmitter banks. Unknown
TomTom's new Go Live 1535M, which introduced the company's 'Manifesto' to reduce traffic congestion around the world. TomTom handout
Personal GPS receiver Nachoman-au
LOOK DOWN: The New York Mets professional baseball team has played its home games at Citi Field in Queens since 2009. Groupe Canam / Wikimedia Commons
A GPS device in a Ford car.
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The TomTom GO 2505 TomTom
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