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Canadian police consider GPS for people with Alzheimer'sMontreal (AFP) Dec 23, 2009 Police in Montreal are studying the possibility of offering GPS bracelets to people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, an official told AFP. The Montreal Police Service (SPVM) is looking at ways to keep safe people suffering from diseases that degrade brain function, including memory. Those who suffer from such diseases can often leave their homes without the ability to find their way back, putting them at risk of hunger and the cold. ... read more |
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Seoul (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 South Korea is in talks with the United States for plans to rent or buy 10 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles. "A final decision will be made as late as next month," Lt. Gen. Jang Kwang-il, the deputy minister for policy, told reporters at a news conference. The announcement was made as South Korea vowed to press ahead with plans to redeploy combat forces in Afghanistan ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 15, 2009A Proton-M carrier vehicle on Monday orbited three new Glonass-M navigation satellites, a spokesman for Russia's space agency said. He said the satellites, launched from the Baikonur space center on Monday at 13:38 Moscow time [10:38 GMT], detached from the rocket at 17:10 Moscow time [14:10 GMT]. This was this year's final launch, bringing the total number of Glonass satellites in ... more 
College Park MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2009University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations and predict the locations of weapons caches that are used by insurgents to support those attacks. University of Maryland computer science Ph.D. student Paulo ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2009Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has delivered eighteen SGR-10 GPS receivers to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of the USA to provide on-board orbit determination for the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellites. SSTL's SGR-10 is a spacecraft orbit determination sub-system designed for small and large Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite applications. The SGR-10 provides GPS standard ... more 
Rome, Italy (ESA) Dec 07, 2009The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. Delivery of the engineering model payload from Astrium UK is expected in December. These tests are an important step towards building and launching the first four Galileo satellites. Integration ... more 
Shenzhen, China (SPX) Dec 03, 2009IContain and InSeT Systems have paired to bring incredibly accurate and time-sensitive location data to emergency response personnel. InSeT Systems' Inertial Tracking Unit (ITU) and IContain's device-agnostic tracking software allow location data to be gathered and displayed from subterranean mines and other - previously impossible - locales. Until now, the Location Based Services industry ... more |
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