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India Launches Satellite-Based Navigation SystemNew Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 13, 2010 India Tuesday launched a satellite-based navigation system to aid air traffic in the region and joined a select club of nations which have similar capabilities. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel launched the Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (gagan) based on a constellation of 24 satellites positioned in six earth-centred orbital planes. gagan will provide seamless coverage of air traffic from south Asia to Africa and connect to the systems of Europe and Japan. It is a ... read more |
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Soap maker creates unease over Brazil GPS spying stunt
Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 2, 2010A marketing stunt launched Monday in Brazil to track some buyers of Omo washing powder through a GPS chip hidden in the box for a prize giveaway risked backfiring with observers raising privacy concerns. "Is your detergent stalking you?" the influential US trade magazine Advertising Age asked in an article printed on its website. The technology website CNET noted the promotion would make ... more Russia To Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In September
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 02, 2010A Proton-M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass-M navigation satellites will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on September 2, Russia's space agency said on Friday. "Preparation work on one of the three Glonass-M satellites is presently being completed at the Baikonur space center," Roskosmos said in a statement. The two other satellites will be ready for launc ... more Honeywell Provides Guidance System For Atlas V Rocket
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Aug 02, 2010Phoenix AZ (SPX) Aug 02, 2010 Honeywell has announced that it has been selected by United Launch Alliance to provide primary avionics components for guidance and navigation of the Atlas V rocket in a follow-on contract worth up to $90 million over the life of the long-term contract. Honeywell will provide the Fault Tolerant Inertial Navigation Unit (FTINU) and the Redundant Rate Gyro Unit ... more |
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Japan mobile phone makers to roll out 'augmented reality'Tokyo (AFP) Aug 1, 2010 The "Terminator" had it, US fighter pilots use it and it's the next hot feature on Japanese smartphones - "augmented reality" which peppers the world around you with useful bits of information. Imagine wearing high-tech glasses and having small, cartoon speech balloon-style tags pop up within your field of vision, overlaying real-world objects and buildings to describe what you're looking at. That is essentially what Japan's two largest cellphone operators are about to offer their millions of c ... read more |
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