An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300 km altitude – the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite. The ...
Tags: Gps, Satellite, antenna, GPS receiver
Autopilot technology, GPS, and cameras, have grown small enough to fit on a toy plane and affordable enough for amateurs to buy, in part because these electronics are also integral components of smartphones. The domestic drones are the ...
Research In Motion (RIM) announced that the BlackBerry App World storefront is now available for customers in Iraq, offering them easy access to a broad range of mobile applications that are purpose-built for BlackBerry smartphones and ...
Tags: easy access, mobile applications, BlackBerry
Vishay has introduced a surface mount proximity sensor that can pick up objects 200mm away. Called VCNL30204, the 4.85x2.35x0.83mm devices includes lenses, an IR emitter, PIN photodiode, a 16bit ADC and a signal processing IC. ...
Around our Connecticut-based Auto Test Center,where we have an abundance of overcrowded,indifferently maintained roads and four distinct seasons of crummy weather,we're drawn to automotive gadgets that promise to make us cooler,warmer,less ...
Tags: Auto Test Center, heated steering wheel, navigation, backup camera
Computerworld-Cloud storage provider Carbonite today released a new feature as part of its free Carbonite Mobile app for Android phones that allows users to remotely activate their smartphone cameras,taking photos of who may be using the ...
Tags: Carbonite app, remote activation, Android, cell phone cameras, Capture
If you're considering giving the gift of navigation this holiday season, we can point you in the right direction with our test-based advice. The good news is, there are just three leading brands from which to choose: Garmin, Magellan, and ...
Tags: GPS, GPS navigator, holiday season, gift, Garmin, Magellan, TomTom
With the Apple iOS 6 upgrade launch, the company's first turn-by-turn navigation program, simply called "Maps," is now available for iPhone and iPad and included with the iPhone 5. Full of promise, Maps has been subject to much criticism ...
Portable dashtop navigation devices have evolved through the years to be richly featured, affordable travel aids. As competition has seen the market whittle down to essentially three dominant brands, it has become easier for consumers to ...
Tags: Car Navigator, Navigator, Portable dashtop navigation devices
Hand assembled in France, the full touch-screen Rêverie is the ultimate luxury handset from Dior Phone. Adorned with 1,539 diamonds, 18-karat white gold and 46 pieces of natural white mother-of-pearl marquetry with the Dior cannage ...
Tags: Dior, full touch-screen, Rêverie, luxury handset, Dior Phone
To help you navigate Black Friday sales on portable GPS devices, we have scoured sales flyers from major retailers, identifying the best prices for the deal-crazed shopping weekend. The deals we found all feature navigators from the ...
Tags: GPS, GPS devices, navigators
The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based
UK - Production house sevens7 recently approached XL Events to supply a range of visual solutions to Nissan for an innovative Future : Today roadshow and driver experience promoting the new LEAF electric car which is currently touring ...
Tags: visual solution, roadshow, electric car, novel mobile
Indian automaker Tata Motors is redefining its mid-sized car segment with the launch of its new Manza Club Class sedan. The new car is powered by a 90 PS Quadrajet diesel engine and a Safire petrol engine, which are claimed to deliver a ...
Tags: Tata, mid sized, Manza Club Class sedan
InfoSonics Corporation today announced the launch of its new verykool® s735 Smartphone. "We designed our new verykool® s735 as a slim and elegant, mid-level 3G smartphone with compelling performance," said Joseph Ram, the ...
Tags: LCD, smartphone, Wi-Fi, GPS