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These Underwater Mountains Are More Dangerous Than They Look
The ocean can look enormously peaceful, like a postcard sent from heaven by someone on Xanax. Under the surface, things aren't nearly so calm and picturesque. And on the coast of North Africa, the...
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A Mammoth Ice Breaker Frees a Ship Trapped In the Frozen Ocean
Despite all our advanced shipbuilding and navigation tech, sailing through Arctic or Antarctic waters can still treacherous—as an Australian fishing boat discovered after it got stuck in in the ice...
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Bluetooth Beacons Will Help Blind People Navigate London's Subway
A new smartphone app and Bluetooth beacon system is currently being trialled at Pimlico Station on the London Underground, and could revolutionise the way blind and partially sighted people navigate...
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Electric Shocks to the Leg Could Help You Navigate Without Looking Up
Looking up to find the way is so 2014. Instead, a team of researchers suggests, small electrodes on your thighs could be used to direct you as wander the city streets—a technique that they refer to as...
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Add a Widget Shortcut on Android to Get Home With Just One Tap
If you’re a Google Maps user on Android you can set up customized 1x1 widgets on the home screen that will give you directions straight home from wherever you happen to be. The setup process also gives...
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Apple's Indoor Survey App Creates Building Interior Maps Using an iPhone
Apple has quietly released a new iOS app that allows users to map out the interior spaces of a building using just an iPhone.Read more...
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Google Finally Lets You Download Maps for Offline Navigation and Search
We’ve all been in that unfortunate situation when we’re lost with no reception, and our phone’s navigation features are neutered as a result. Now, Google is offering a dead simple solution. You can...
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Magellan's New Aftermarket Dash Cams Can See All the Way Around Your Vehicle
Many luxury vehicles offer a 360-degree view around your car on the dashboard which makes squeezing into tight parking spots much easier. Magellan now offers the same omnipotent vision to your junky...
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Garmin's New Sat Navs Can Spot Hazards on the Road Before You Do
Distracted driving was a problem even before we all had smartphones buzzing in our pockets. But it’s an even bigger issue now, and one that Garmin wants to help solve with its new Drive line of sat...
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A New Technique Makes GPS Accurate to an Inch
GPS is an utterly pervasive and wonderful technology, but it’s increasingly not accurate enough for modern demands. Now a team of researchers can make it accurate right down to an inch.Read more...
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Waze Now Tells You the Best Time to Drive, Days Ahead of Time
Traffic sucks . It makes driving frustratingly unpredictable, but a new feature in the Waze app aims to kill all that guesswork.Read more...
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Dung Beetles Navigate by Storing Star Maps in Their Tiny Brains
Dung beetles have this really neat trick by which they’re able to use the positions of the stars to orient themselves along a straight line, making them the only known animal to use the Milky Way for...
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How The New Cold War Is Improving Your Navigation
Ever contemplated going to war with America, but been thwarted when the Great Satan switched off your access to its navigation satellites? That’s potentially a real problem for China and Russia, but...
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Garmin Fenix 3 Watch Review: The Smartwatch For Outdoor Athletes
I run, bike, swim, surf, snowboard, paddle, hunt and ride motorcycles. Not only is the Garmin Fenix 3 the first smartwatch capable of keeping up throughout all those activities, but it’s also the first...
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My GPS Smartwatch Doubles As A Toaster, What Do You Want To Know?
I just got one of the new Garmin Epix touchscreen, GPS navigator smartwatches in for review. I do not have slim wrists; this thing is HUGE. How would you like to see us test it? Read more...
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Garmin Epix Review: Can A Smartwatch Work As A Touchscreen Navigator?
A touchscreen GPS navigator that works in the wilderness and that you can wear on your wrist? That’s a neat idea, but not one that Garmin’s been able to realize with this new Epix. Allow me to explain....
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I Tried the Most Futuristic Car Dashboard You Can Buy
We all know we’re supposed to ignore our smartphones while driving. Yet somehow it’s OK to take our eyes off the road to glance at some kind of GPS unit? Navdy is one of the first GPS devices that...
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Forget BMW, the Garmin Speak Is a Cheaper Way to Put Alexa in Your Car
The most useful place for a voice-activated digital assistant isn’t your office, kitchen, or living room. It’s in your car, where your hands and eyes should be pre-occupied with driving. So Garmin put...
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Garmin's Alexa-Powered Navigation Device Gets the Built-in Dash Cam It Should...
I really liked Garmin’s bare-bones Speak navigation device when I tried it out a few months ago. Instead of a touchscreen, the $130 device relies on voice commands, processed by Amazon’s Alexa smart...
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Your Phone's GPS Accuracy May Suck Less Soon Thanks to a New FCC Order
The Federal Communications Commission just made a move to make global location positioning even more global by opening the doors to Europe’s system.Read more...
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I Tried Google Maps' Experimental Walking Directions of the Future
The perfect scenario for Google’s new Visual Position System, or VPS, is one you’ve probably been in already: Emerging from a subway station in a strange city. You’ve got your route planned out on your...
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Google Maps Is Going to Piss Off Cops Around the Globe With Its Latest Update
Folks, I’ve got some great news if you’re a driver and some bad news if you’re a cop: Google has confirmed it’s rolling out the ability to see speed and mobile cameras, as well as speed limits, in more...
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Google's Covered A Whopping 10 Million Miles in Street View Imagery
Google and its armada of camera-rigged Steet View cars and other devices have been photographing the globe piece by piece for well over a decade now, and all that footage adds up to some pretty...
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China Set to Launch Its GPS Competitor Next Year
China is close to launching the last two satellites that will complete BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System—the nation’s rival to the United States’ Global Positioning System.Read more...
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Your Phone's Navigation App is Probably Smarter Than You Think
You probably use your smartphone to get from point A to point B, but have you fully explored all the features and options available along the way? Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze all have navigation...
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