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by Matt Ball on April 23, 2012
MineRP has been working to enable underground tracking for use in mines with precise real-time position in three dimensions. The tracking solution uses wireless wi-fi and RFID tracking over wireless networks, with triangulation based on signal strength aiding the position fix. MineRP has been delivering new visual reporting functionality for mining through their SpatialDB database, [...]
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by Matt Ball on April 18, 2012
There are a few new smartphone applications that allow Yellowstone National Park visitors to share the locations where they have spotted wildlife so that other visitors can also catch a glimpse. Sharing of locations promise to improve visitors chances to see wolves, elk, bison and bears, but the Park Service is concerned that these siting [...]
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by Matt Ball on April 9, 2012
Technology Review carries a story today about Broadcom’s innovative chip for smart phones that fuses signal inputs (GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth) with sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, altimeter) to provide precise indoor and outdoor location. A similar announcement came just last week with the self-learning SiRFusion platform from CSR that also fuses location information from multiple technologies. With [...]
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by Matt Ball on April 4, 2012
Google’s Project Glass augmented reality glasses are now in testing, with geolocation and wayfinding a key component. The glasses hit the streets today, with a cadre of Google employees testing the specs on the street. This Google+ thread asks for feedback, and provides contact from key developers. Here’s a video with a demo of how [...]
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by Matt Ball on March 9, 2012
A coordinated effort is underway this weekend to walk and record as many transects of London from the outskirts to the city center. The project of urban story walks is an effort of Urban Earth, and many such walks have been completed around the globe from Mexico City to Mumbai. The effort hopes to draw [...]
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by Matt Ball on March 9, 2012
Google has adapted their Street View camera, mounted it to a snowmobile, and have captured most of the ski resorts in Lake Tahoe, among others. The new ski resort mapping is visible in Google Maps by dragging the Street View man, that is now appropriately helmeted with skis attached. Included in the Lake Tahoe ski [...]
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by Matt Ball on February 29, 2012
Nokia and the Microsoft Bing Maps team are working jointly on on a new map presentation. The new approach involves a simpler information presentation where the maps have fewer ‘intrusive objects, icons and signs’ and fewer colors, along with clearer fonts and graphics. The maps present more detailed information as you zoom in, with a [...]
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by Matt Ball on February 28, 2012
Nicholas Felton is a designer that spends a great deal of time and effort quantifying his life, and has done everyone a service by pulling together these interactions into annual reports that compile and analyze this data with detailed graphics and figures. His latest 2010/2011 report is now online and available for purchase, with an [...]
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by Matt Ball on February 24, 2012
Flipping through the March issue of National Geographic magazine, I was surprised by this ad on page 6, with its tagline, “PAPERbecause.” The subhead that, “a lot of places worth going don’t get a signal, and hopefully never will,” probably speaks to most of the magazine’s audience. The PAPERbecause campaign is a much broader initiative [...]
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by Matt Ball on February 22, 2012
There’s long been a rumor that Google has been hard at work on eye glasses that will stream information to the user. With a story in the New York Times today, that rumor has been verified, with details that the product will be released by the end of this year at a price point between [...]
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