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Due to factors such as murky water and limited peripheral vision, it can be difficult for scuba divers to keep track of where their fellow divers are at all times. A newly developed smartwatch app, however, could soon make it much easier for them to do… Continue reading Smartwatch app lets divers track one another underwater
GPS has been a crucial technology for decades, but it does have its limitations, particularly in urban areas where signals can get noisy. Now, engineers in the Netherlands have developed “SuperGPS” – a hybrid positioning system that combines wireless a… Continue reading “SuperGPS” ditches satellites for radio towers for cm-scale tracking
If you want to maximize the number of trains that can operate along one rail line simultaneously, it’s crucial that you know the exact location of each train at all times. A new system is designed to help in that regard, by analyzing the magnetic prope… Continue reading MAROS tech analyzes rails to precisely geolocate trains
If you hear gunshots in an urban setting, it’s important to get the police to their source as quickly as possible. A new system is being developed to help, by combining autonomous drones with an existing shot-locating technology.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading New policing system will send drones to the source of gunshots
Sandia National Laboratories is developing an avocado-sized vacuum chamber made out of titanium and sapphire that could one day use quantum mechanical sensors to provide GPS-grade navigation without the need for satellites.Continue ReadingCategory: Tec… Continue reading “Titanium avocado” could provide GPS-grade navigation sans satellites
BAE Systems has developed the world’s smallest, lightest, and most power-efficient military M-Code GPS receiver. About the size of a postage stamp, the low-Size, Weight, And Power, (SWAP) MicroGRAMTM-M GPS receiver can be installed in handheld devices … Continue reading BAE unveils world’s smallest anti-jamming, anti-spoofing military GPS
If you misplace your iPhone, or someone makes off with it, Apple’s Find My network can help zero in on its location so you can retrieve it. Now the application has been opened up to third-party products, and among the first are ebikes from VanMoof.Cont… Continue reading Apple opens up global device location network to third-party manufacturers
By Waqas
Research reveals startling new findings on Android data collection which Google has already rejected. Here’s what Android and iOS devices collect.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Study: Android sends more data to Googl… Continue reading Study: Android sends more data to Google than iOS to Apple
The “People Nearby” feature in the secure messaging app can be abused to unmask a user’s precise location, a researcher said. Continue reading Telegram Triangulation Pinpoints Users’ Exact Locations
A new prototype Companion Collar smart collar is being developed by the CSIRO’s digital specialist arm, Data61, and agtech company Ceres Tag that will allow pet owners to track their animal across both long and short distances.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Companion Collar combines Bluetooth and GPS to track pets near and far