We rely on our cars every day to get us where we need to go, but what do you do when your primary mode of transportation disappears? A motor vehicle is stolen every 44 seconds in the United States and July and August are the top two months ...
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Japan's Pioneer has launched a car navigation system that uses heads-up displays and virtual reality to guide drivers. Pioneer's new car navigation system includes a heads up display that mounts on the ceiling and uses a laser to ...
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Ford Australia has confirmed future models in its line-up will come equipped with the car maker’s next-generation Sync AppLink connectivity technology. Ford launched Sync AppLink into Asia Pacific at Computex 2013 – ...
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A passenger using an iPhone mid-flight allegedly caused a compass malfunction on a US plane that sent it several kilometres off course. Business site Bloomberg reports that the compass came good at the same time a flight attendant asked ...
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Java, the popular OS-independent platform and programming language, runs on just about every kind of electronic device imaginable, including computers, cell phones, printers, TVs, DVDs, home security systems, automated teller machines, ...
Pioneer will soon launch a new car navigation system in Japan that uses dashboard cameras to scan the road ahead for approaching street signs and other cars, and will share images of road conditions with other vehicles. The company's new ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has chosen Garmin, a developer of consumer, aviation and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System, to supply navigation systems. The navigation systems will be integrated in the ...
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Hackers can influence real-time traffic-flow-analysis systems to make people drive into traffic jams or to keep roads clear in areas where a lot of people use Google or Waze navigation systems, a German researcher demonstrated at BlackHat ...
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EU navigation safety project Accseashas demonstrated automatic resilience against GPS jamming attacks in UK waters. The trials used data from eLoran, based on one of the navigation systems used before GPS was invented, to provide back-up ...
Chip revenues from automotive infotainment will reach grow 3% to $6.says IHS last year they grew 4%. In the next five years they will grow to $8.54bn. The slowdown this year is due to flagging sales in the aftermarket and portable ...
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German carmaker Opel has rolled out its first Cascada convertible from its Gliwice plant in Poland ahead of its debut at the upcoming Geneva motor show next week. According to the company, the new car will be made available in two ...
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Czech automobile manufacturer SKODA has unveiled the Octavia Combi before its launch at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show to be held in Switzerland during 05-17 March 2013. The engines of the vehicle are claimed to be 17% economical than ...
Virgin Media has selected the SageQuest, an enterprise fleet management solution from the Fleetmatics Group for the management of its 2,600 vehicle fleet in the UK and Ireland. The company expects the SageQuest solution to offer fuel ...
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid’s (UC3M) Applied Artificial Intelligence Group (GIAA) and the Systems Intelligence Laboratory (LSI) have jointly developed a new technology, which is aimed at enhancing car GPS accuracy ...
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Sharon Kincl to champion the cloud service provider's financial and investor relations PeakColo, a leading enterprise-class IaaS Cloud service provider to service providers, announced the addition of Ms. Sharon Kincl as Vice President of ...
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