Minnesota’s loons (the iconic birds of Minnesota) are in danger of becoming extinct due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Wildlife experts worked through the night to outfit a pair of these majestic birds with GPS transmitters. Two animal aid groups (the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Geological Survey) [...]
Using a GPS system to track the progress of a race isn’t a big deal when it comes to bicycle or car races. Recently, however, a fresh type of racing has adopted this new brand of race monitoring GPS – speedboat racing – and the results are proving interesting. Each boat is equipped with a [...]
Anyone who’s been to San Francisco knows how difficult it can be to catch a cab. Many times, for example, even after you’ve battled to grab the attention of a taxi driver for over 20 minutes in the pouring rain, you still run the risk of being blown off by a cabbie that can’t break [...]
Developed in 2004, the Joint Precision Airdrop System has been used by the military to manually drop ammo and bombs onto battlefields with knife-cutting accuracy. Only recently, however, have they started dropping something else of great importance: blood. By as early as 2011, the Armed Service Blood Program will be teaming up with the US [...]
A team of students from the University of Brno at the Imagine Cup 2010 in Warsaw recently created an application that’s designed to rebuild the local knowledge of infrastructure in a disaster zones such as Haiti. Called “GINA”, which stands for Geographical Information Assistant, this application gives relief groups such as aid agencies, humanitarian organizations, [...]
It’s well known that both voice and text messages can be used as evidence against you in court, whether in cases of sexual harassment, drug deals, etc. As technology continues to develop, however, relying on those mediums may no longer be necessary. Today, cell phone technology has risen to such a point that policemen are [...]
Police for years now have been using GPS technology to both stop criminals from escaping and for keeping tabs on them after they’ve been caught, thus making it an extremely successful tool in law enforcement. Recently, however, stories have begun to surface regarding GPS systems that are being used on the wrong side of the [...]
GPS units may soon be able to notify people of approaching emergency vehicles long before any sirens are ever heard. This new technology is being tested in Denver with West Metro’s Fire Department, and it will hopefully be soon fully operational on all GPS systems. This new feature is called “911 ETA”, and it involves [...]
The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds has made the announcement that they are starting a new campaign using satellite tracking of Eastern imperial eagles. The experts of the Society are going to put GSP trackers on seven young eagles, currently located at different points around Bulgaria. The program is part of [...]
Recently in South London, psychiatric patients labeled “potentially dangerous” have been fitted with GPS tracking unit to track their every motion Each anklet cost about 600 Euros, and about sixty high risk patients have been outfitted with these GPS systems. The NHS Trust keeps constant tabs on their patients, so that no harm can come [...]
