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TomTom to pay Microsoft to end patent fight

Technology / Business

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it settled a patent dispute over car navigation technology with TomTom NV for an undisclosed amount.





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Drivers with Parkinson's disease at higher risk of crashes in low visibility

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease may be at higher risk of crashes on foggy days and other times of low visibility. The research, involving a driving simulation test, is published in the October 6, 2009, print ...


Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers

Waze turning road warriors into map builders

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Technology startup Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers while creating reliable street maps.


When should Alzheimer's patients stop driving? (AP)

In early Alzheimer's, when to give up the car keys

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists are creating tests to show when it's time for people with early Alzheimer's disease to stop driving.


Virtual solution to driving phobias

Virtual solution to driving phobias

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world.


The unicycling clown phenomenon: Talking, walking and driving with cell phone users

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of "inattentional blindness" to the test: the unicycling ...


Heart patients running the red light on traffic restrictions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than half of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) don't get any counselling on their ability to drive after angioplasty - and this could be putting lives in danger, Dr. Ravi Bajaj told the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular ...


States send mixed message on texting and driving (AP)

States send mixed message on texting and driving

Technology / Internet

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on how to steer clear of a ...


Garmin nuvifone

AT&T to start selling Garmin nuvifone in October

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S.


Stop sign ahead for texting while driving? (AP)

Stop sign ahead for texting while driving?

Technology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Targeting text messaging behind the wheel, the Obama administration plans to offer recommendations to address the growing traffic safety risk of distracted driving and the use of mobile devices by ...


Bad driving may have genetic basis, study finds

Bad driving may have genetic basis, study finds

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.



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