Over the past few years, the use of GPS technology has been very effective in the world of law enforcement, but only recently has it been applied to fire fighting as well. Slowly but surely, more and more fire departments are adopting these GPS systems as part of their fire fighting gear on account [...]
Jordan Romero, a young 13 year old boy, has set the record for being the youngest person in history to climb Mount Everest. Jordan has been climbing the highest peeks in the world since he was a little boy. At the age of 9, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and his goal for the future is [...]
Last week, the military went through a massive signal blackout, rendering all their GPS based equipment useless. The signal was only lost for about 10 minutes, but this begs the question: how vulnerable were we for those 10 minutes? The military is in possession of over 10,000 GPS receivers, which they use on almost all [...]
For over 70 years now, airplanes have depended on radar systems to navigate themselves around the skies. Radar technology is very limited and outdated, and does not even let planes view the location of other planes in the sky. Finally, ITT has developed a solution to this problem through the use of high accuracy GPS [...]
Horatio Toure may be the most unlucky robber in all of San Francisco. According to local police, the 31-year-old city held up a woman up at gunpoint Monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, and stole her purse. Unfortunately for the robber, this woman has a high tech GPS tracking device in her purse [...]
In today’s modern era, GPS systems can be used for almost anything; car navigation, personal tracking, law enforcement, etc. But recently, scientists have discovered a way to use GPS systems to improve agriculture. It’s called precision agriculture, and it does just what the name implies. Using satellite imagery, farming specialists can get an aerial view [...]
After the court case of State vs. Sveum, the Supreme Court ruled that it’s perfectly legal for a police officer to secretly attach a GPS tracking device to the car of a possible suspect. According to them, the act of tracking a potential suspect violates neither personal rights nor the 4th Amendment (right against search [...]
Thanks to GPS (Global Positioning System) readings that can detect people’s exact coordinates, mall or theme park operators are now better able to manage crowds and urban planners are better equipped to design cities for people around the things they really enjoy. Hebrew University (HU) specialists have created a new data processing algorithm, solely based [...]
This past Wednesday, at approximately 4:30 A.M, NATO forces accidentally called in an air strike on their allied Afghan soldiers, mistaking them for dangerous enemy militants. Five soldiers died as a result of these bombings, which left many more injured in need of serious medical treatment. This tragic event could seemingly have been prevented if [...]
Star Wars fans, rejoice. Tomtom is finally coming out with new GPS navigation units that use the voices of famous Star Wars characters, such as Darth Vader, C-3P0, and most importantly, Yoda. Obviously, celebrity voices on GPS systems are nothing new. GPS companies have been hiring famous stars to narrate their GPS guidance systems for [...]
