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Video: Lamb pieces travel in the atmosphere
The piece of lamb is placed on a hot air balloon with a camera and GPS device for the first time entering the atmosphere at an altitude of 25,000m.
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The Chinese navigation system is recognized by international organizations
The Bac Dau satellite navigation system is recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), marking an important step of China in the development goal on par…
Science Events
Anti-theft motorbike by phone
Just one message can locate your car anywhere. Not only that, it can also perform a variety of vehicle management operations at will.
Science Events
EU funded construction of European GPS system
EU ministers have just agreed to provide initial funding for a project to build a common European satellite navigation system called Galileo, which is expected to be a r…
Scientific works
Russia's global positioning system
The Russian space agency is preparing to launch 3 more satellites on December 25, in order to complement its own global positioning system called Glonass.
Science story
The space war of GPS satellites
While on the ground, you don't know that you can be tracked by countless orbiting devices, including a global positioning system - GPS.
Medicine - Health
Human brain has internal GPS
Scientists discover nerve cells, called grid cells, while activating the brain of game participants to explore the virtual environment.
Science invention
'Ringing for help' helps save thousands of lives
Nimb is a bracelet that is not only unique to hi-tech design but also because of what it does.
Science invention
11 inventions were born early but until now it has been popular
There have been many inventions that have been around for thousands of years, but not all of them were popular at the time.
Science invention
Vibration belt leads the way
The auto-vibrating belt to produce a right turn, the left can accurately guide bike riders without distracting them from the road ahead.
Science invention
The latest and ... most innovative inventions
The boom of science and technology has made people's lives more and more comfortable.
Science invention
10 inventions that change modern life
A council of 20 scientists from the British Science Association has just published a list of the top 10 inventions that change modern life.
Computer science
Software helps reduce traffic congestion
Recently, Zhenjiang City, China, has installed a software from IBM to enable efficient traffic management. It not only shows the problems that are happening but also hel…
Computer science
Google tested non-GPS positioning technology
Google is currently experimenting with a new technology that could allow users to be located directly on mobile phones even if the device does not include GPS.
Computer science
High resolution PDA phone screen
While most regular phones have only QVGA (320x240 pixel) screens, the following PDA-phones are equipped with a sharp VGA (640x480 pixel) screen that has four times more…