GPS
Toronto’s New Auditory ‘Beacons’ Will Help Blind People Navigate Downtown
They transmit navigation data directly to blind people’s phones.
How the On-Demand Economy Works Where Google Maps Gets Lost
Companies like Uber want to capture emerging markets, but some consumers aren’t on their map.
Take the Depression Quiz Being Criticised By Experts
A drug company that manufactures antidepressants funded the questionnaire that GPs use to help diagnose depression. Sounds legit.
How an Airline Tragedy Brought GPS to the Masses
The Soviet shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983 spurred Ronald Reagan to open the US military’s satellite-based Global Positioning System for civilian use.
Scientists Are Attaching Cameras to Caribou to Find Out Why They're Dying
Something is killing off Nunavik's caribou, and biologists believe the herd's babies may hold the answer.
GPS blamed for sending trucks crashing into this tiny Arkansas town
Drivers across the world put blind faith in GPS navigation, sometimes with disastrous results. In rural Arkansas, a town is reeling from a series of tractor-trailer crashes along its steep and winding roads -- because GPS makes it look like an easy...
Europe Has Its Own GPS Satellites, and They're More Secure than America's
Implementing the new authentication protocol will ensure that hackers can’t spoof GPS signals.
The VICE UK Morning Bulletin
Chaos in prisons, Brexit threatens our GPS, the return of Partridge, and much more.
Cops in BC Are Using GPS Darts to Catch Drivers Who Won't Stop
It’s the first time the technology, widely used by police in the US and seen as a safer alternative to high speed chases, is being deployed in Canada.
Cops in BC are using GPS darts to catch speeders
It’s the first time the technology, widely used by police in the US and seen as a safer alternative to high speed chases, is being deployed in Canada.