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1. British space mission takes the biscuit

   (Space/Space Features)

   Wednesday, 29 July 2009

   ... with a GPS tracking device and a digital camera, to a weather balloon. It was expected to reach a height of 19 miles, take a picture of the cheese alongside the curve of the earth, and then float ...

2. Swine flu is a pig of a disease

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 02 July 2009

   ... of the pig flu virus back in 1957-1958. General Practioners (GPs) in the UK have advised strongly against so-called "swine flu" parties, describing it as irresponsible to expose children to flu not knowing ...

3. Air Semiconductor touts low-power GPS solution

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Monday, 07 July 2008

   While digital camera makers are eying GPS as a feature that can help differentiate their next-generation products, power consumption will be an issue makers must address, according to Stephen Graham, ...

4. Samsung announces its first GPS phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Wednesday, 17 October 2007

   ... in low-cost phones, providing a significant amount of the handsets that are offered free-after-activation in the US.   The i550 will be the company's first venture into GPS, which allows users ...

5. British phone/GPS-using drivers face up to two years in jail

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Friday, 07 September 2007

   ... penalties, of up to two years in prison, for anyone who uses a phone or gps device while driving. The new laws also affect anyone who tries to text message or fiddles with an MP3 player behind the wheel. ...

6. Drivers blindly follow satellite navigation into a river

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 24 April 2006

   Many GPS navigation products plainly state that the recommended routes shouldn't replace common-sense, but some drivers are getting their cars stuck in a river, after blindly following their satellite ...

7. GPS could drive you off a cliff in England

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 06 April 2006

   GPS units are usually great for navigation. But these devices are stil far from being perfect and can provide wrong information and directions. An extreme example has shown up in England, where drivers ...