With help from small tracking gadgets plus the ubiquitous smartphone, we can now keep tabs on our belongings – wherever they may be. Now a startup is crowdfunding a nifty tag that includes an E Ink screen to display contact details and photos in color.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Tracking, GPS, Bluetooth, Color, E-Ink
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GPS tracking tag gets personal with color E Ink screen
Posted by ArielTechGeek 112 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
New nav system draws on ancient technique when GPS is down
Posted by ArielTechGeek 183 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Engineers at the University of South Australia have taken a page from the days of wooden sailing ships and developed a way for drones to navigate by the stars at night using simple, lightweight equipment for areas where GPS signals aren't available.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: University of South Australia, Navigation, drones
Who needs north? GPS compass points to a place of your choice
Posted by ArielTechGeek 348 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
While most compasses have a needle that points north, the Truest North Compass is different. Its main needle always points to a location of your choice, while its secondary needle shows the distance to that place.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: GPS, Kickstarter, Navigation
Quantum navigation system aims to counter deadly GPS spoofing
Posted by ArielTechGeek 384 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Britain has scored a world-first with a series of test flights to demonstrate the core technologies of a future quantum navigation system that's designed to foil one of the most potentially dangerous, yet not very widely publicized, threats that transportation faces: GPS jamming and spoofing.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: GPS, QinetiQ, Quantum Mechanics
Acoustic navigational tech gets scuba divers using GPS maps
Posted by ArielTechGeek 413 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Because GPS doesn't work underwater, divers usually can't track their real-time position on a digital map. The new Diver Navigation System (DNS) gets around that problem, however, using both floating and wearable acoustic transponders.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Scuba, Diving, Underwater, Communications, Acoustics
Saab camouflage net blocks radar but lets in GPS and radio signals
Posted by ArielTechGeek 631 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Saab's new Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Screen (ULCAS) is a net that allows soldiers to hide from radar sweeps, while still being able to receive GPS signals and radio communications.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Saab, camouflage, Radar
Sunlight polarization patterns may be an underwater substitute for GPS
Posted by ArielTechGeek 694 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
While GPS can be used to determine one's geographical coordinates on land, such is not the case underwater. Scientists have developed a possible alternative, however, in the form of a system that analyzes the manner in which sunlight is polarized by water.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Illinois, GPS, Underwater, Light
Motion-powered GPS unit designed to track wild animals indefinitely
Posted by ArielTechGeek 715 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
GPS-enabled tracking modules allow scientists to learn a great deal about wild animals, but the devices do have one major drawback – limited battery life. A new tracker gets around that limitation, as it's continuously powered by the animal's movements.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Copenhagen, GPS, Tracking, Wildlife, Animals, Motion
GPS alternative taps cosmic rays for underground or underwater navigation
Posted by ArielTechGeek 716 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
GPS is a powerful navigation technology, but it doesn’t work as well inside buildings, underground or underwater. Now engineers in Japan have developed and tested an alternative technology that uses cosmic rays to track movement beneath a building with precision of a few meters.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Cosmic, Rays, Muon Tomography, Tokyo University, University of Tokyo, GPS, Nav
Garmin military-grade Fortex GPS units keep data out of enemy hands
Posted by ArielTechGeek 774 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Garmin has released two wrist-mounted tactical GPS navigators that can not only make complex ballistic calculations for rifle shooters, but come with Stealth and Kill Switch features to prevent location data from falling into the wrong hands.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, TechnologyTags: Garmin, GPS
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