Wow…I figured the well would be dry on the last day of CES, but it seems there are at least a couple more tidbits for your perusal. GPS uPlay and golf GPS Visualization Samsung’s 3D plasma in action shows that it is actually an active stereo system. That is a serious refresh rate for a [...]
The toys that are rolling out are diminishing in number, but there is still one more day to go. Here are the bits that were covered today. GPS Delphi’s dual-view GPS – Driver sees GPS passenger sees…something else Avis is upgrading their navigation systems iRiver’s M20 GPS/PMP – iRiver’s last foray into LBS was their [...]
National Geographic is reporting that we can expect a season of intense solar flares for the next few weeks and months. This is all part of a normal 11 year cycle in solar flare activity, but it can lead to some distinct headaches in our tech heavy world. As the article notes, this is the [...]
Last year, everything seemed to dwindle after Monday, but this year the tech blogs are still going strong. Time for my highlights for Tuesday: GPS Nav N Go on Sony PSP Hands on with Magellan’s 5430 Clarion EZDrive Spectec’s tiny little miniSD and bluetooth GPS GlobalSat’s new device Neonode media playing GPS prototype Visualization How [...]
A few more goodies were highlighted today. GPS Mio to be folded into Navman branding Mio has a “dual-front” GPS phone prototype Magellan shows off eight new devices More info on Garmin’s new toys Asus 3D GPS and PMP Monitors Alienware shows off curved monitor – we have talked a bit about our experiences with [...]
So I have been following the bits and pieces on Engadget, Gizmodo and CrunchGear and have cobbled together my highlights from today. GPS: – toys toys everywhere Delorme released a new EarthMate Engadget looked at Garmin’s new line-up Pioneer’s new voice controlled GPS with iPod and bluetooth support MSI’s new line (I assume it is [...]
While it is still a couple of hours before Bill Gates makes his final keynote at CES as grand pooba of Microsoft, apparently he has been bandying about his own prognostications that touch, as well as voice and vision, interfaces are the coming trend that will have a significant impact on computing technologies over the [...]
Crunch Gear offers up the next LBS device. The SPOT Communicator is a GPS unit that can send your current position via satellite. The press release shows that the target market is the outdoor enthusiast and field workers who are often outside of cell range. Battery life is pretty good given the lack of screen, [...]
The first bit of GPS news out of CES this year has Magellan releasing the Maestro 5340 which will include GPRS for cell network connectivity. This network connectivity will be used to connect to…you guessed it…Google search and data services. At almost $1300 for the unit it will not be for small of purse, and [...]
Japan has set a target to increase it’s number of solar powered houses to 14 million by 2030. It’s a fairly lofty goal. The exceptionally noteworthy part of this is that Japan is focusing on reducing the costs of panels, increasing the power output, and increasing the ease of installation. Since Japan produces roughly half [...]
