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Autonomous cars to “green” up the streets
BERLIN – In no more than 30 years, possessing a driver’s license may become passé, according to automotive engineers and computer scientists at Free University of Berlin. Instead, unmanned vehicles will come to you at the press of a smartphone button and take you where you need to go, whether to the boutiques via uncluttered avenues or to distant cities and towns via country roads and major highways. Bringing this vision to life will be cars such as the MadeInGermany, a fully autono...
Secret Galileo GPS Codes Cracked
ITHACA, July 10, 2006 -- Members of Cornell University's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes secret. That means free access...
Lockheed GPS Satellite Operational
Dec 20, 2005 — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 20 -- The first modernized global positioning system (GPS) satellite featuring additional navigation signals to benefit military and civilian users around the world is operational after on-orbit testing, a joint US Air...
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Sep 22, 2004 — Candela Corp., a Wayland, Mass., maker of laser technology for medical and cosmetic applications, announced that Catherine A. Kniker has joined the company as vice president of corporate strategic development. She was formerly a vice president at...
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Dec 23, 2003 — Trimble, a Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of global positioning system (GPS) technology, announced that the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd. (GNS), in New Zealand, has purchased 40 Trimble NetRS reference station receivers to expand...
Trimble to Buy 3-D Laser Scanning Company
Sep 17, 2003 — HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 17 -- Trimble, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of global positioning system (GPS) technology, announced today it has signed an agreement with EDF Environnement et Developpement SA of France to acquire its subsidiary,...
Avis to Roll Out Motorola GPS System
Jul 28, 2003 — LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., July 28 -- Avis Rent A Car System Inc. and Motorola Inc. have announced a commercial contract that will make the Avis Assist phone-based navigation system available in up to fifty cities across the US and Canada. Avis Assist,...
GPS Devices Put to Novel Uses in Japan
Jun 24, 2003 — TOKYO, June 24 -- Two novel uses of the global positioning system (GPS) have been developed for security-minded residents of Japan. The security company Secom Co. Ltd. plans to unleash a new service later this month to track missing dogs using...
Trimble Supplies China GPS System
Jun 2, 2003 — SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 2 -- Trimble, a global positioning system (GPS) technology developer, said it has supplied GPS reference stations and its Virtual Reference Station (VRS) software to the Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province in China to...
ITT Industries to Upgrade Boeing GPS Satellites
Apr 22, 2003 — FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 22 -- ITT Industries Inc. Aerospace/Communication Div. (A/CD) will upgrade 12 global positioning system (GPS) Block IIF satellites for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, under a contract with a potential value of up to $31...
BAE SYSTEMS to Provide Digital Mapping System
Apr 15, 2003 — CHARLESTON, W.Va., April 15 -- BAE SYSTEMS will develop a statewide digital mapping system for public safety officials and emergency response personnel in West Virginia. The system will include aerial photography for the development of digital maps...
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