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GPS interference threatening flights, ships: What is happening, possible solutions
June 29, 2025 10:01 pm
Incidents of spoofing or jamming can potentially cause havoc and disrupt maritime, air, and even road traffic
GNSS: How the new satellite-based highway toll collection system will work
September 12, 2024 10:39 am
GNSS will allow toll or highway user fees to be collected without stopping the vehicle at a toll booth boom barrier in order for the FASTag barcode to be read. It is intended to eventually replace FASTag for toll collection.
GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say
August 11, 2024 2:08 pm
Many of those incidents involve illicit ground-based GPS systems, particularly around conflict zones, that broadcast incorrect positions to the surrounding airspace in a bid to confuse incoming drones or missiles.
Know Your City: From thermometers under a thatched roof to GPS data, the evolution of weather forecasting in Bengaluru
February 13, 2024 8:19 am
In 1894, the Mysore State Met Meteorological Department came into being, and was later merged with the IMD. The older instruments at IMD, Bengaluru will be on display on Feb 28, National Science Day.
Your car is tracking you. Abusive partners may be, too.
January 01, 2024 9:07 am
Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.
Planes lose satellite signals, flights diverted: Electronic warfare in Middle East, Ukraine confound civilian pilots
November 23, 2023 12:08 pm
Radio frequency interference spiked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 and has grown even more intense this fall in the Middle East. Here's what it means for your flight.
GPS ankle monitors for UAPA-accused on bail: Too many issues to ignore
November 10, 2023 9:14 am
The faulty nature of the monitors can result in unintended consequences for accused persons. Besides, it would be highly imprudent to assume that the police in India are well-equipped to use this technology
Railways to install intrusion detection system in Odisha to prevent train hits on elephants
August 19, 2023 6:58 am
IDS will also help in detecting rail fracture, trespassing on railway track and alert about disaster mitigation due to unauthorised digging near railway tracks, landslides near tracks.
GPS helps cops recover a stolen car; robbers yet to be caught
June 29, 2023 8:23 am
The car was tracked down through its GPS system connected to the owner's phone and found abandoned near Kaithal Tuesday night.
MapMyIndia seeks level playing field with Google
November 21, 2022 8:20 am
Indian government’s regulations put a limit on domestic companies working with geospatial data with regard to satellite imagery, but as Google is a US company, it is free from such restrictions.
GPS VIDEOS
Origin stories: Where the Global Positioning System or GPS came from
June 22, 2020 6:21 pm
Can you imagine your smartphone without the GPS? If not, you might want to thank god (or the scientists at MIT) for this day. See more: https://bit.ly/2Ld0BOG
Technology makes life easier and convenient
January 06, 2016 12:26 pm
Jakarta/Tokyo, Jan 6 (ANI): Japanese leading info-communications technology provider company, NEC, provides smart payment system at a shopping mall in Indonesia. NEC's cloud based e-money solutions provides easy and smart shopping experience to the visitors at the food court. NEC also provides integrated solutions for shopping mall management and marketing such as a visitor's trend analysis. The passer counting system visualises the movement of the guests and crowed areas. The CCTV captures customers images at every each gates, and monitored at central security control. AEON mall has decided to open 3 malls and planning 20 malls, aiming the continuous growth of retails in Indonesia. In Japan, the agriculture sector is facing labour power and is compelled to transform to modern agriculture. Farm tractor's big company YANMAR has developed robot tractor. It is named ROBOTORA. It enabled driverless operation utilising GPS. ROBOTORA is operated by accompanying tractor. In accompanying tractor operator controls ROBOTORA by tablet device. Cultivation is undertaken by both tractors. It enables double productive effect. One worker operates two tractors. It cultivates double ridges in the field. ROBOTORA is expected to compensate lack of labour power of agriculture. ROBOTORA is under experiment of practical use. It is paid attention from all farmers in Japan. Applying Robot technology to agricultural field is also undertaken by cooperation between administration and private sector. Utsunomiya University developed strawberry picking robot 10 years ago. Afterward it is improved to harvesting strawberry robot. It differentiates the bad or good crop and also packs strawberries. To execute stable recognition of colour this robot is equipping function to set appropriate colour. The use of robots will transform the farming sector in the world.
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