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Credit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority GPS is a fact of life for most of us these days. For many, the idea of getting somewhere new without GPS is anxiety-inducing! But do you really know how GPS works? And how is it different from Glonass? What the heck is a BeiDou? And how does this affect your GPS-enabled wearable? By understanding these terms a little better, we can make smarter choices when buying tech while also ensuring said tech keeps running smoothly. Read on and all shall be exp...

11 Cities are home to most of the worlds population and where problems and solutions meet. They are centres of economic growth and innovation. However, the high concentration of people and economic activities in cities make them most vulnerable to various disasters, epidemics and pandemics. In several countries, the Covid-19 pandemic emerged from the cities and spread to rural areas via peri-urban and transport corridors. In Southeast and South Asia, around 70% of all reported infections are in...

The Importance of Investing in Physics 2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom February 2, 2021• Physics 14, 17 Research with immediate applications is easy to justify, but there are economic and philosophical reasons to invest in physics even when the return is not obvious. samunella, Mechanik, and Nicolas delafraye/stock.adobe.com Medical MRI, satellite navigation, and optical-fiber communication are some of the technologies made possible by fundamental physics research...

Google has closed its deal to acquire fitness wearables company Fitbit, even as probes by competition regulators in the United States and Australia are yet to conclude. The Alphabet-owned company has stressed that “the deal has always been about devices, not data”. The announcement comes nearly a month after the European Union (EU) approved the deal, subjecting Google to certain restrictions such as keeping Fitbit data siloed from Google’s ad business. We worked with global regulators on...

The term "atomic clock" may conjure up scary, 1950s-horror movie mental images: A Doomsday device, constructed by a lab coat-wearing maniac in a mountain fortress, is ticking away the seconds before it wipes out our entire planet. In reality, though, atomic clocks are one of the more benign inventions to emerge from the explosion -- oops, maybe not the best word choice -- of knowledge about the workings of the atom and its parts. That knowledge came in the wake of the World War II Manhattan Pro...

The Straits Times Smart glasses for dementia land students top tech prize The smart glasses were designed by Singapore Polytechnic students (from left) Chen Zihan, Nashita Fatima and Fang Qian.ST PHOTO: KHALID BABA New: Gift this subscriber-only story to your friends and family https://str.sg/JR2A They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available fo...

Heres a quick primer: Space Force This new armed service branch was created a year ago to organize, train and equip the militarys satellite troops. In the coming years it will grow to 16,000 troops, making it the smallest of the armed services. It is still related to the Air Force and reports to the Department of the Air Force in a relationship similar to that shared between the Marine Corps and the Navy. The Space Force will continue to get many of its officers from the Air Force Academy. U.S....

And technology on horseback? >> yeah that was very painful. steve: on the job training. >> i still have saddle sores. >> it was incredible. we had essentially a 19th century force on horseback in the rugged terrain armed with 20th century weapons. ak 47, assault rifles, robert propelled grenades. 24th century technology with satellite, radios, with global positioning devices and night vision followings, lasers, laser target dessignature nature. above us we had this incredible airline armata airc...

Information that we dont know about. but it could take as long as three years depending on where this airplane is found and how much information is available. >> wow. >> greg, they may have that information but we dont know about it. why isnt there a better way to track these planes? >> well, you ask a very good question. weve been pondering that for quite a while. weve talked about it in the aviation industry. if you look at the way we fly airplanes, the majority of the time, commercial airline...