News tagged with location
Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately ...
Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from.
Location, location, location important for genes, too
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Cells become cancerous mainly because they lose control of their growth. To better understand how this happens, a new study at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center looks at four genes that help regulate cell ...
Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A new study compares neighborhoods' walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighborhoods might be good for walking, but have poor air quality. Researchers involved ...
Location tracking on cell phones raises privacy concerns
Sep 30, 2009 |
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I love the location-based features on my iPhone. But after talking with privacy advocates last week, I'm concerned about who's keeping track of my location -- and what they're doing with that data.
Device can track your stray pet
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 15, 2009 |
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For owners of lost pets, the frantic search for Fido does not always end happily. Now one company is betting that even in a recession, pet owners will pay $250 for some peace of mind.
Juvenile bluefin tunas can dive to depths of more than 1000 meters
Sep 30, 2009 |
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According to the AZTI-Tecnalia researchers, the first estimations of the geographical location of the recovered tag revealed that this fish had undertaken migrations between the Azores and Portugal during the winter, later ...
Major disasters tax surgical staff but may reduce costs for routine operations
Sep 25, 2009 |
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New research published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the st ...
