Tagged: GPS & News
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California Senate approves bill for self-driving cars News
22.05.2012 California has become the second US state to pass a bill to allow autonomous vehicles, such as Google’s self-driving cars, to be tested on its roads and highways. -
Soundwave wins NDRC Lift Off competition News
17.05.2012 Soundwave, the new Irish start-up that has come up with a music data analytics service to track in real-time what songs people are listening to, has won the NDRC Lift Off... -
The Start 60: TomTom’s largest navigation display News
09.05.2012 TomTom has launched an extra-large 6-inch screen on the new Start 60, for even easier navigation while driving.Categories: Hardware, Consumer Tech -
ESA inks €300m deal with Astrium UK to build sun explorer News
27.04.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, a contract worth around €300m to build its next-generation sun explorer, which will carry the name of... -
NASA pioneers new atomic clock for deep space exploration News
11.04.2012 NASA is pioneering a new deep space atomic clock so future spacecrafts will be able to calculate their own timing and navigation data in real time. -
Girls Around Me app leaves Apple Store after ‘stalking’ fiasco News
02.04.2012 The geolocation iPhone app Girls Around Me, which lets people seek out girls and guys in their area using data from sites such as Facebook and Foursquare, has voluntarily...Categories: Apps, Consumer Tech, Data Management, Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Internet, Search, Social Media -
Blind man tests out Google’s self-driving car News
29.03.2012 Google has let Steve Mahan, a man who has lost 95pc of his vision, test out one of its self-driving cars to showcase the possibilities of this new driving technology. -
New Apple iPad to make Mount Everest ascent with scientists News
22.03.2012 A National Geographic team, coupled with scientists from Montana State University, will be attempting to relive a successful 1963 expedition to the pinnacle of Mount Everest,... -
Sun erupts with M7.9-class solar flare – NASA News
14.03.2012 Sunspot 1429 remains active, after the sun erupted with an M7.9-class flare yesterday from the same region that has been producing flares and coronal mass ejections all week,... -
Solar storm could affect telecommunications, NASA says News
08.03.2012 One of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle erupted on 6 March, producing two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) as a result. NASA has predicted that the leading edge of the...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, Research, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Mobile, Engineering, EnergyTags: GPS, Solar, NASA, Telecommunications, Energy, Electricity, Smart Grid, Astronomy, Space, Earth -
Hillwalking website puts Irish hiking trails on the map News
02.03.2012 WalkingRoutes.ie is a new website that’s aiming to tap into local hillwalking knowledge so people can create and share information about walking trails from all around Ireland.Categories: Media, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Mobile, Networking, Search -
Foursquare moving from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap News
01.03.2012 Location check-in service Foursquare has moved from using the Google Maps API to the crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap, with start-up MapBox providing the visuals for the data. -
Google to sell US$250-US$600 HUD glasses by year’s end? News
22.02.2012 Google is reportedly bringing out Android-based heads-up display (HUD) glasses that will have augmented reality capability and will stream information from the web to the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Ex-Boston Police Commissioner joins Netwatch board News
07.02.2012 Kathleen O’Toole, the former Boston Police Commissioner, has joined the board of Carlow-headquartered protection services company Netwatch. O’Toole will be advising Netwatch on... -
Panasonic reveals new rugged LUMIX camera News
07.02.2012 Panasonic has unveiled the latest camera in its LUMIX range – the DMC-FT4 – designed to be waterproof, dustproof, shockproof and freezeproof. -
Marge Simpson and Mr Burns arrive on TomTom nav devices News
31.01.2012 TomTom has added the voices of two more characters from The Simpsons – Marge Simpson and Springfield Power Plant owner Mr Burns – to their range of GPS apps and navigation devices. -
Solar storm illuminates the skies with auroras News
27.01.2012 The solar storm that collided with planet Earth’s magnetic field on 24-25 January, the largest since 2005, illuminated the skies with stunning aurorae that could be seen by...Categories: Telecommunications, R&D, Phones, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Computers, CommunicationsTags: NASA, Telecommunications, GPS, European Space Agency, Energy, Solar, Smart Grid, Space, Ireland -
Solar storm causes planes to re-route, plus auroras News
25.01.2012 Yesterday, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit the Earth’s magnetic field at around 10am EST. The result? A G1-class geomagnetic storm that produced bright auroras around the... -
Solar eruption set to spark major geomagnetic storm today News
24.01.2012 Scientists and telecommunication providers are today keeping a close eye on the sun’s activities, as NASA is predicting that an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) is set... -
Waterford start-up ZolkC gets €500k investment injection News
13.01.2012 ZolkC, which is changing how we interact with tourist attractions, has just gleaned a significant investment worth €500,000 to ramp up its interactive handheld multimedia...Categories: Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Engineering, Funding, Investments, Mobile, Software, Software & Web Development