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N. Korea jammed S. Korea GPS devices: reportSeoul (AFP) March 6, 2011 North Korea used jamming equipment to block South Korean military communication devices last week, a report said Sunday, amid high tension over the joint drills between Seoul and Washington. Yonhap news agency said strong jamming signals sent across the border on Friday had caused minor disruptions to phones and navigational devices using GPS (Global Positioning System) at military units near the capital Seoul. The signals are believed to have been sent from the North's military facilities in ... read more |
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  UK Technology Scans The Skies For Space Hazards UK space surveillance technology is being used in ESA's first co-ordinated space tracking campaign - part of a larger programme to provide up to date and accurate information on space hazards in Ear ... more | .. |
  ISRO Likley To Launch Resourcesat-2 In April Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch Resourcesat-2, a remote sensing satellite that will provide information on biophysical and geophysical parameters on the Earth's surface ... more | .. |
 Google Maps now helps users beat traffic jams Google upgraded its popular Google Maps on Monday to suggest faster routes to drivers based on real-time traffic conditions. ... more | .. | ||
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 Russia To Start Operating New Glonass-K Satellite By Year End Russia will start operating its new Glonass-K navigation satellite, which is now undergoing in-orbit tests, by the end of the year, the head of the Russian Space Systems construction bureau has said ... more | .. |
  N. Korea launches electronic attacks on S. Korea Seoul confirmed Monday that North Korea has been trying since Friday to jam communications signals across the border, where the US and South Korea are holding a major joint military exercise. ... more | .. |
  A New Model To Measure Organic Carbon In Surface Waters A new carbon model allows scientists to estimate sources and losses of organic carbon in surface waters in the United States. Study results indicate that streams act as both sources and sinks for or ... more | .. |
 Improved Method Developed To Locate Ships In Storms There are already systems that detect ships at sea, but a group of engineers from the UAH, led by the researcher Raul Vicen, has introduced a new development, involving "the use of artificial intell ... more |
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  Sun is shining on Asian tourism trade The sun is shining on the tourism trade in Asia-Pacific with double-digit growth notched up in 2010, spurred largely by Chinese and Indian middle classes packing their bags for a break abroad. ... more | .. |
 Shark Tracking Reveals Impressive Feats Of Navigation Some shark species are able to navigate to specific locations up to 50km away, a new study published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology has found. Re-analysing tracking da ... more | .. |
 EGNOS Navigation System Begins Serving Europe's Aircraft The EGNOS Safety-of-Life signal has been formally declared available to aviation. For the first time, space-based navigation signals have become officially usable for the critical task of vertically ... more | .. |
 China To Establish Global Satellite Navigation System By 2020 A senior space technology expert in China said the country's global satellite navigation system, which is composed of more than 30 satellites, is expected to be in place by 2020. China would l ... more |
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Beijing to trial mobile tracking system: report A system designed to track the location of millions of mobile phone users is to be tested in Beijing, sparking concerns over privacy, state media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Satellite Remote Sensing: Light Detection And Ranging The Next Big Thing The power of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is rising to new heights as a satellite remote sensing tool used to collect topographic data. LiDAR is emerging as the next big thing - allowing user ... more | .. |
  NASA To Offer Explanation Of The Missing Sunspots NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 3, to discuss the first computer model that explains the recent period of decreased solar activity during the Sun's 11-year cyc ... more | .. |
 400th Chop Shop In Southern California Foiled By LoJack Within three minutes of activation, Long Beach, CA Police Department officers and detectives began receiving a silent LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System signal, which enabled them to track and re ... more |
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 Lynden Transport Expands Service To And From Oklahoma And North Dakota In response to customer and industry demand, Lynden Transport is offering new scheduled Less-than-Truckload (LTL) service to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Starting March 1, Lynden Transport trucks will ... more | .. |
 MatchMaker OCR Solution By APS Technology Receives Patent APS Technology Group has announced the US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for the identification process surrounding its MatchMaker OCR solution for container terminal t ... more | .. |
 ZST Digital Networks Signs Agreement To Develop City-Wide GPS Platform ZST Digital Networks has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Road Transportation Department of Shangqiu City, a city with over eight million residents in eastern Henan Province, ... more | .. |
 Retail Mobile Systems Easily Tricked Mobile retail check-in company Shopkick, which argued to retailers that only its mobile system could make sure that customers "are actually present within their store," is getting hit by fraudsters ... more |
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 GLONASS System Starts Operation On Vladivostok Municipal Transport The GLONASS satellite communications system on Monday started operation on Vladivostok's municipal transport. The satellite equipment is installed in all 78 Vladivostok municipal buses, trolleybuses ... more | .. |
  Minister Attacks Russian Space Agency Over Failure To Build New Spacecraft Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov accused Russian space agency Roscosmos of failing to manufacture enough advanced spacecraft. "We failed to make progress in the construction of new spacecra ... more | .. |
 Russia's Space Program Suffers Setback In 2010 Russia failed to develop its new space systems by timetable last year, but left more to be desired, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Monday. "We failed to change the s ... more | .. |
 Staten Island Man Now Safe At Home Thanks To EmSeeQ Locator Device A 67-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease is now safely back at home with his wife after wandering outside in near-freezing temperatures thanks to the quick action of the New York Police Department ... more |
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Russia launches key satellite on second attempt Russia on Saturday successfully launched a satellite vital to the deployment of its own navigation system after the failure of an earlier attempt prompted the Kremlin to sack two top space officials. ... more | .. |
  The First Stage Of Project On Mes-System Mcis Fulfilled The pilot project of a manufacturing execution system implementation specially developed by Siemens AG for discrete manufacture has come closer to its basic operating stage by breadboard model deliv ... more | .. |
 Russia slams 'childish' space agency errors Russian space agency Roskosmos has committed "childish" errors and failed to build enough spacecraft, the government said Monday in an unprecedented rebuke to the Russian equivalent of NASA. ... more | .. |
  Increasing Processor Efficiency By 'Shutting Off The Lights' There was a time when a laptop could weigh 10 pounds and still sell; a time when a cell phone was larger than a pocket; and a time when an iPod only played music. Today's consumers expect mobi ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Selected To Develop Collaborative Nav System For USAF Program Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, has been selected to develop a collaborative navigation system under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Collaborative ... more | .. |
  Sat-Based Landing Systems At Norway's Regional Airports Northrop Grumman's European air traffic management subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded follow-on contracts by Norwegian air navigation service provider Avinor for the supp ... more | .. |
 GeoDecisions Selects ORBCOMM For Global Data Communications GeoDecisions has selected ORBCOMM to provide global satellite and cellular communications for GeoILS, its innovative, Web-based portal based on IRRIS technology that supports transportation security ... more | .. |
 MarineMax Partners With Sea Tow And Marinalife MarineMax has announced new partnerships with Sea Tow Services International and Marinalife. "Our mission at MarineMax isn't just to get people on the water, it's to maximize their enjoyment on the ... more |
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