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How albatrosses can travel 10,000 miles in a single journey

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 19:03

Researchers have finally cracked the mystery about how albatrosses manage to stay in the air when they travel 10,000 miles in a single journey without flapping their huge wings too much.

End to traffic woes? A new system in the offing

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 18:54

Researchers in the Netherlands will next year test a GPS navigation system aimed at preventing the international curse of motorway traffic jams by telling drivers which lane to move to.

Sun emits fourth `X-class` solar flare in a week

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 15:40

The sun emitted its fourth X-class solar flare since Oct. 23, 2013.

Latest `GPS bullet` lets police track suspect`s vehicle from distance!

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 22:54

A GPS tracking technology has been reportedly developed that lets law enforcement officials to track suspect vehicles from afar.

Mobile technology to track missing children in SAARC nations

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 12:26

Using mobile and GPS technologies, a SAARC body is trying to develop a digital system to track missing children at the regional level and combat cross-border trafficking.

Battery-powered driverless cars to hit UK roads by 2015

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 16:19

Engineers are working on developing new battery-powered driverless cars that can hit speeds of 12mph.

Autos in Chennai to have GPS

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 13:39

In a first of its kind initiative, Tamil Nadu Government introduced GPS facility with Panic Button system for the safety of passengers in all autorickshaws plying in the metropolitan city of Chennai.

Pulsars act like GPS for tracking space probes

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 12:24

Slight deviations of pulsars - small spinning stars delivering regular `blips` of radio waves - from the expected arrival times can give information to very precisely determine the position of our telescopes.

Haryana Forest Dept using GPS to map forests damaged in fire

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 21:49

Haryana Forest Department is mapping forests damaged by fire using Global Positioning System (GPS) and plans to use satellite pictures to evaluate changes in forest and plantation areas.

`Vehicles of election officials should be fitted with GPS`

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 19:50

Every vehicle used by officials managing elections should be fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) for effective poll process, Haryana State Election Commissioner Dharam Vir said.

GPS technology can be hacked to hijack ships and aircraft: Study

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 15:30

A new study has revealed that the Global Positing System (GPS) is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships and commercial airliners.

Jaipur autos, taxis to get GPS

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 14:28

Auto rickshaws and taxis in this Rajasthan capital city, a hot tourist destination, will now have GPS trackers installed in them.