Sat-Navs and mis-conduct on the roads are inseparable friends – so it seems. For, a speeding driver blamed the satellite navigation system of his car for not ‘beeping’ when he crossed the speed limit. Richard Temple, a 47-year old was found guilty of driving at 36mph along Banbury Road near Byfield which is a 30mph [...]
Magellan has launched RoadMate, an iPhone satnav application along with a car kit accessory. The RoadMate application is available for $79.99 (almost £48) and comes with a good lot of features. The pricing and availability of the car kit has not been announced as of yet. RoadMate comes with features such as Spoken Street Name [...]
An 81-year old Australian lost his way on a regular drive to the newspaper shop and ended up almost 600km away from where he started. In what was a usual trip to the buy the day’s newspaper, Eric Steward took the wrong turn and called for help from the Victoria state police after eight hours. [...]
Apart from assisting in drivers locate the right road, satellite navigation systems will now aid brain surgeons to locate tumours and vital blood vessels. The technology will also be used to guide them along the right path during critical operations and will help in avoiding wrong turns that could affect the patient. The Royal Preston [...]
Zoombak, the manufacturer of advanced GPS tracking solutions offers a free iPhone app, which enables users to locate, and track the Zoombak right from their iPhone. To elaborate, it is an interface to locate Zoombak devices that the user already owns. This app can lets you know about the location of the Zoombak device on-demand. [...]