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GPS use said to dull 'direction finding'Dundee, Scotland (UPI) Apr 21, 2011 Growing reliance on satellite navigation and Global Positioning System devices is creating a generation with little sense of direction, a U.K. scientist says. Rosamund Langston, a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Dundee, says drivers who use in-car computers to find their way around unfamiliar locations are neglecting a "caveman" ability to familiarize themselves with new terrain, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. Langston, who has conducted a study into an "innate sen ... read more |
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  Satellites can give advance hurricane info Satellites can monitor tropical storms and predict surges in strength to warn when a storm is about to become a hurricane, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 US lawmakers ask Apple about tracking feature US lawmakers are seeking an explanation from Apple following claims that iPhones and iPads constantly log the location of the devices and store the information in a hidden file. ... more | .. |
  U.S. Army Awards Raytheon $173 Million Contract for Excalibur Raytheon has received a $173 million U.S. Army fiscal year 2010 contract for the production of Excalibur precision-guided projectile rounds for in-theater use. This contract marks the beginning of f ... more | .. | ||
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 Running ring around hurricanes predictions Coastal residents and oil-rig workers may soon have longer warning when a storm headed in their direction is becoming a hurricane, thanks to a University of Illinois study demonstrating how to use e ... more | .. |
  Gold prices spur six-fold spike in Amazon deforestation Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon has increased six-fold in recent years as small-scale miners, driven by record gold prices, blast and clear more of the lowland rainforest, according to ... more | .. |
  Humpback whales 'precise' navigators Humpback whales have a mysteriously precise navigational skill that cannot be explained by known theories, New Zealand researchers say. ... more | .. |
Belgium probes Google's Street View Belgium became Thursday the latest European country to investigate Google's Street View picture map after cars taking pictures for the programme collected private data. ... more |
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  Carmakers look to an electric future in China Major carmakers' high hopes for electric vehicles are on clear display at the Shanghai auto show, but industry leaders say it could be a decade before such eco-friendly cars go mainstream. ... more | .. |
 TomTom Makes Driving Safer With Active Driver Feedback TomTom has announced Active Driver Feedback and WEBFLEET OptiDrive; two new features focused at further increasing TomTom's safety and efficiency benefits for businesses. Active Driver Feedbac ... more | .. |
 Garmin Adds Its First Touchscreen GPS Watch To Forerunner Family Garmin International has announced the Forerunner 610 sports watch - a slim, yet robust and weather-proof touchscreen solution for serious runners seeking an extra advantage. Forerunner 610 can stan ... more | .. |
 ExxonMobil Introduces Android Station Locator App ExxonMobil is launching its latest in mobile technology - the Exxon Mobil Fuel Finder application for Android. The application gives real-time maps, driving directions, and station information for n ... more |
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 NAVIGON Updates iPhone Nav App NAVIGON AG has announced the availability of the eighth update for its iPhone app, MobileNavigator, the most feature-rich navigation solution on the iOS platform. The update adds a Reality Scanner f ... more | .. |
Apple devices logging movements: researchers A pair of British security researchers said Wednesday that the latest version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and the iPad is constantly recording the location of the devices and storing the information in a hidden file. ... more | .. |
 Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more | .. |
 Using GPS Data To Model Effects Of Tidal Loads On Earth Surface For many people, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology is little more than a high-tech version of a traditional paper map. Used in automobile navigation systems and smart phones, GPS ... more |
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 Landsat: Who Are The Customers Exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind, U.S. Geological Survey investigators surveyed a broad cross section of ... more | .. |
 Astrium GEO-Info Services Looks Back On The Chernobyl Disaster 25 Years Later With EO Technologies The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion, demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made dis ... more | .. |
 Ocean Front Is Energetic Contributor To Mixing Wind blowing on the ocean is a crucial factor mixing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the ocean depths and keeping it from going back into the atmosphere. For more than two decades scien ... more | .. |
  Russian Space Industry 'Falling Short' Of State Arms Goals Russia's space chief says its rocket industry is falling short of the goals set by the state arms procurement program. "Measures to ensure the implementation of the state arms procurement prog ... more |
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  Yury Gagarin's Flight Remembered On the morning of April 12, 1961, the Vostok spacecraft was launched into orbit carrying the world's first cosmonaut, Yury Gagarin, a citizen of the Soviet Union. YouReporter users and bloggers shar ... more | .. |
  Shootingstars Provide Clues To Likely Response Of Plants To Global Warming Many scientists are concerned that plant and animal species may face extinction due to global warming, but biologists at Washington University in St. Louis are trying to predict exactly what will ha ... more | .. |
 Pulling Back The Sheets Melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica has long been tied to rising sea levels. But these two sources are outpacing all others - including mountain glaciers and ice caps - to become the do ... more | .. |
 Joint Polar Satellite System Program And The US Budget While our politicians are arguing over a FY 2011 budget that should have been passed by last September, many space programs of vital national interest are being delayed, and their futures are coming ... more |
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 Report Provides NASA With Direction For Next 10 Years Of Space Research During the past 60 years, humans have built rockets, walked on the moon and explored the outer reaches of space with probes and telescopes. During these trips in space, research has been conducted t ... more | .. |
  NASA's JWST Marks Milestone With Completion Of Huge Assembly Stand For Flight Optics A giant structural steel frame used to assemble the eye of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed by Northrop Grumman teammate ITT at a facility in Syracuse, N.Y. Northrop Grumman is l ... more | .. |
 China launches navigation satellite China on Sunday launched its eighth satellite orbiter as part of its navigation and positioning network, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 China Maps The World With Beidou Early Sunday, China successfully launched its eighth orbiter of the Beidou system. It marks the establishment of a basic system for the navigation and positioning network. But how will the system pa ... more |
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 Wing Unveils New Mission, Vision Statements And Priorities The 50th Space Wing has a new mission. No not a new satellite this time, but a new mission statement along with a new vision statement. Col. Wayne Monteith, 50 SW commander, unveiled the new stateme ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Navigation Capabilities Exceed Requirements For Automated Aerial Refueling Northrop Grumman's Relative Navigation system exceeded accuracy requirements during recent flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program. The tes ... more | .. |
 Arctic Ozone Loss Recent observations from satellites and ground stations suggest that atmospheric ozone levels for March in the Arctic were approaching the lowest levels in the modern instrumental era. What those re ... more | .. |
GPS to protect Bulgarian locomotives from fuel thefts Bulgaria's national railway company will track its diesel locomotives via GPS from now on to combat increasing thefts of fuel, Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov said Friday. ... more |
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