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Rand McNally Introduces RV GPS Navigation App for the iPad

Nearly two years after introducing the first GPS designed specifically for RVers, Rand McNally today launched the first RV GPS app for the iPad. The RV GPS is being shown for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev.

10 Jan 2013

New GPS Emergency Locator Wristwatch for Children

A new high-tech device, called the LEO, will help parents and emergency services quickly and efficiently respond to children in times of crisis. Jason Sullivan , inventor and father of two, has patented and developed a 911-GPS emergency locator wristwatch enabled with voice communications and a panic button system that promises to change the way we think about protecting our children.

2 Jan 2013

World Moto Files Patent for Automated Fare Calculations

World Moto, Inc. ("World Moto" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed a patent for "an apparatus providing automated fare calculations and operating statistics to be installed on any means of conveyance." Changing the way the world goes around, World Moto is a global authority on the $500 billion dollar a year motorcycle taxi industry and inventor of the Moto-Meter, the world's first motorcycle taxi meter.

2 Jan 2013

New imPart Gesture Recognition Technology by Plessey Semiconductors Ltd.

Plessey announced today that they will be demonstrating their new, low cost, Contactless Gesture Recognition technology called imPart™ at CES 2013.

From Plessey Semiconductors Ltd 21 Dec 2012

Sikorsky S-76D Helicopter Incorporates Northrop Grumman's LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System

Northrop Grumman Corporation is supplying the LCR-100 attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for Sikorsky's new S-76D helicopter, which recently received Type Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 18 Dec 2012

Heyerdahl Offers PFO Designer Bracelet with GPS

PFO, the designer bracelet with GPS is now available at Heyerdahl in Oslo. Heyerdahl is one of the major jewellers in Norway, dealing mainly with diamonds, pearls, precious jewellery and Swiss watches.

18 Dec 2012

PinPoint Receives Technology Innovation Award for Wireless Staff Duress Solution

PinPoint Technologies, a leading provider of real-time location systems (RTLS), received a technology innovation award for its Help Alert® Wireless Staff Duress Solution.

15 Dec 2012

Neurorehabilitation Researchers Develop Low Cost, Wearable Sensor System

Wearable technology is not only for sports and fashion enthusiasts it can also be used to monitor and aid clinical rehabilitation according to new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BioMedical Engineering OnLine.

14 Dec 2012

Ground-based LocataNet Delivers Accurate Positioning in USAF’s Independent Tests

Locata Corporation confirmed today that the spectacular performance of the company’s ground-based LocataNet™ positioning system, recently reported by the USAF after independent testing at the White Sands Missile Range, was correct.

From Locata Corporation Ltd. 14 Dec 2012

USAF Selects Locata’s Non-GPS Based Centimeter-level Positioning System

Locata Corporation today announced the U.S. Air Force has signed a sole-source, multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to install the U.S. Military’s first revolutionary ground-based LocataNet™ positioning system at the famed White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. In an unprecedented world-first achievement, the USAF will field Locata’s new technology to supply them with extremely accurate “reference truth” positioning across a vast area of White Sands when GPS is being completely jammed.

13 Dec 2012