News articles tagged with 'location'
Researchers uncover behavioural process anticipating the results of rapid eye movements
— 10 Jan 2011 19:10 | HealthA team of researchers has demonstrated that the brain predicts consequences of our eye movements on what we see next. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Neuroscience,…
Close proximity leads to better science
— 16 Dec 2010 17:43 | HealthAbsence makes your heart grow fonder, but close-quarters may boost your career…
GPS not working? A shoe radar may help you find your way
— 1 Dec 2010 18:31 | TechnologyThe prevalence of global positioning system (GPS) devices in everything from cars to cell phones has almost made getting lost a thing of the past. But what do you do when your GPS isn't…
Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered
— 16 Jul 2010 12:21 | HealthScientists have discovered the part of the brain that tracks the position of our limbs as we move through space…
Digital avalanche rescue dog
— 10 Dec 2009 10:30 | TechnologyFor many skiers and snowboarders, there is nothing quite like being the first to make tracks in the virgin snow, off the regular piste. But this can be a fateful decision, because the…
Satellite helps make transportation of dangerous waste safer
— 15 Jan 2009 19:00 | TechnologyA new tracking system is making use of satellite navigation data to ensure safe roads in Europe. Developed by an Italian company in the Italian Lombardy region, the system monitors…
No more searching
— 11 Nov 2008 17:26 | TechnologyIn warehouses, tidiness is a flexible term. Storage areas can be rearranged or moved around at any time. Forklift trucks will soon make it easy to follow the material flow and keep…
They know where you are
— 10 Nov 2008 14:32 | TechnologyHow can we keep our personal location private in a society where GPS-enabled devices and Internet-connected computing is ubiquitous? That is the question posed in the current issue…
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