Tag: "gps"
Producer's Notes: Driverless Cars
Shelley doesn't use lasers to see the terrain like her predecessor, Junior. Instead, the car uses differential GPS to find its position on an internal map.
Post on Sep 07, 2010 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Celestial Navigation: Finding Your Way in the Dark
Celestial Navigation – it’s a special topic for me as it blends my interest in astronomy with my long time fascination for things nautical: ships, exploration, adventure, and global geometry.
Post on Feb 26, 2010 by Ben Burress
Reporter's Notes: High Tech in the Vineyards
Wine making is indeed an art form, but it is increasingly becoming more scientific. I knew growing wine grapes requires a lot of attention to detail — there is the terroir, pests and diseases and all those microclimates. But who would have known, driving down Hwy 29, the main thoroughfare through the Napa Valley, that many of those vineyards are totally wired.
Post on Mar 27, 2009 by Andrea Kissack
Reporter's Notes: Dialing in on Traffic
The pilot project at UC Berkeley called Mobile Millennium uses cell phones as data points to show traffic patterns in real time. To become an early adopter of the technology, you must have an unlimited data plan on a mobile phone with a GPS system.
Post on Dec 12, 2008 by David Gorn
Musings on Communication and Technology
Recently during "girl's day" with my mom – my mom made a comment that made me take a second take about technology. I was texting on my iphone and she tsked under her breath and said; "People don't talk anymore, it's all text this and email that, soon language will be obsolete!" My first instinct [...]
Post on Jun 02, 2008 by Cat
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