Apr 08 2011

Send in the Radiation ‘Bots

Tag: GPS,Military Robots,Nuclear Science,Robots,Sensors,Tsunami — Irene Klotz @ 2:27 pm
A specially modified robot will navigate the Fukushima plant and produce a color-coded map of radiation levels.

Mar 25 2011

Controversial Apps Get the Axe

Tag: 3G,4G,Apps,Cars,Cell Phones,Communication,Computer Software,Government,GPS,Religion and Spirituality,Take Action — Nic Halverson @ 6:04 pm
Apps promising "gay cure" and DUI checkpoint alerts were pulled from app stores.

Mar 23 2011

More Terror Bots: Coptor-Bot Detects Human Motion and Breathing

Tag: Autonomous Robots,Aviation,Disaster Recovery,Emergency Response,Flying Robots,GPS,Military Robots,Robots,Safety and Prevention,Sensors,Surveillance — Amy Dusto @ 2:22 pm
In a disastrous world, life-detecting robots are gaining popularity.

Feb 23 2011

Time Probe: Crowdsourcing Einstein’s Relativity

Tag: Atomic Clocks,GPS,Relativity,Satellites,Space Station — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:40 pm
Guest contributor Wayne Hall needs your help to answer the question: How would YOU make the experience of time dilation sensational?

Jan 19 2011

Dogs Guided Remotely by Stealth System

Tag: Animals,Bombs,Canines,Computers,Dogs,GPS,Law Enforcement,Robots,Ubiquitous Computing — Alyssa Danigelis @ 3:49 pm
The system could turn canines into remotely guided "super dogs" that can take on risky tasks.

Jan 11 2011

Snow Flaik Tracks Skiers

Tag: Emergency Response,GPS,Safety and Prevention,Sports — Amy Dusto @ 5:00 pm
Ski Schools using this GPS device let parents relax on the mountain.

Jan 07 2011

Smart Car Radio Does It All

Tag: 3G,Apps,Cars,Cell Phone Safety,Gadgets,GPS,Smart Phones,Transportation,WiFi and Mobile,Wireless Computers — Amy Dusto @ 2:22 pm
A car radio running on Android finds music and makes phones calls via voice activation, connects to GPS and syncs with your smart phone.

Dec 29 2010

Solar Max Could Spell Trouble

Tag: Earth,GPS,NASA,Satellites,Space Weather,The Sun — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:33 pm
This year the sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence.

Dec 15 2010

Tapping a Taxi Driver’s Sixth Sense

Tag: Cars,Computer Simulation,GPS,Maps,Online Community and Social Networking,Transportation,Vehicles and Equipment — Amy Dusto @ 1:46 pm
A software program based on GPS data from 33,000 cabs provides better route advice than maps alone.

Dec 06 2010

Robot Can Read, Learn Like a Human

Tag: Devices,GPS,Robotics,Robots,Technology — Eric Bland @ 5:20 pm
"Marge" can figure out misspelled words. She can even read the New York Times and learn from her reading.
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