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GPS Tracks Soccer Player Performance

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri May 18, 2012 09:58 AM ET | 0

GPS devices help track how players move and how hard they play. Read more

Robot Sailboat Out to Break World Record

Posted Wed May 16, 2012 01:59 PM ET | 0

The autonomous sailing boat will cover 150 nautical miles and work for 100 hours without human intervention. Read more

GPS Robot Swarm Swims California Rivers

Posted by Jesse Emspak Sun May 13, 2012 08:43 AM ET | 0

Floating robots equipped with mobile phone equipment will help study river environments. Read more

GPS Vulnerable To Hacks, Jamming

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri May 4, 2012 12:49 PM ET | 0

Misguided GPS signals can create a safety hazard. Read more

North Korea Jamming Affects Flights

Posted Wed May 2, 2012 11:58 AM ET | 0

At least 252 civilian flights in and out of South Korea have been affected by GPS jamming signals. Read more

Pigeons Create GPS from Earth's Magnetic Field

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Thu Apr 26, 2012 02:00 PM ET | 0

The birds have what amounts to an internal compass in their brain. Read more

Tracking Tech Follows Birds' Migration

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri Apr 13, 2012 02:44 PM ET | 0

Chips that measure light levels can track birds, revealing where they spend the summer. Read more

Wireless Could Have Saved Lives on the Titanic

Posted by Alyssa Danigelis Wed Apr 11, 2012 08:00 AM ET | 0

The "unsinkable"ship had the most powerful wireless system at the time. What happened? Read more

Google Has 'Terminator'-Like Smartphone Glasses

Posted Thu Apr 5, 2012 09:55 AM ET | 0

Project Glass is a secret program designed to bring augmented-reality to the masses. Read more

Which Apps Might Outlive SXSW

Posted by Rob Pegoraro Fri Mar 16, 2012 07:43 AM ET | 0

You can think of South by Southwest Interactive as a spring break for nerds, just with more stops to recharge phones. Read more

Mozilla Watching Google Watch You

Posted by Nic Halverson Thu Mar 1, 2012 02:51 PM ET | 0

A new Firefox add-on lets you watch Big Brother right back. Read more

Mt. Everest Height Mystery May Be Answered

Posted Thu Mar 1, 2012 01:17 PM ET | 0

Believe it or not, the height of the world's highest mountain is still in dispute. Read more

Bar-Coded Condoms Track Where You Have Sex

Posted by Nic Halverson Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:32 PM ET | 0

QR-coded condoms link to a website so you can map where you had sex. Read more

Bar-Coded Condoms Track Where You Have Sex

Google Street View Goes Under The Sea

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri Feb 24, 2012 09:39 AM ET | 0

Underwater cameras are set to map Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Read more

Google Glasses: Virtual Reality in Your Face?

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:22 AM ET | 0

The glasses will function like a smartphone and will be android-bases. Read more

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