GPS
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Monster Machines: GPS-Based Plane Tracker Makes Highways In The Sky
At bustling traffic hubs like O’Hare International, planes can spend an interminably long time waiting for their turn to land. And at airports like Rio de Janeiro — Galeão International, pilots must contend with tight flight paths to avoid crowded population centres and hills on their final approach. But thanks to a new hyper-accurate GPS-based…
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iOS 7 Tracks Your Every Move And Displays Your Favourite Places
Creepy new feature alert! Buried in the Settings menu of the latest beta version of iOS 7 is the somewhat unsettling ability to see everywhere you’ve been since upgrading the operating system. It makes you wonder: Who else can see these maps?
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Google Is Killing Latitude
If you’ve ever needed to track down your Android-wielding friends on a night out, you’ll be disappointed by this news: Google is playing the role of product serial killer once again, this time claiming Latitude as its latest victim.
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NASA’s New Interplanetary GPS Is More Old-School Than It Sounds
Here’s a space-age idea if you’ve ever heard one: NASA is building a galactic GPS system that will provide astronauts a better, more accurate map through our solar system. This is obviously an ambitious undertaking, one that will take generations, not years, to complete.