While checking the lifesaving apparatus and firefighting equipment aboard my ship I decided to make a series of short films whilst doing it. It was filmed aboard Stephenson Clarke Shipping’s MV Storrington in early 2010 and these are the tasks which must be undertaken every month. Here I am checking and testing the Emergency Position [...]
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral carrying a new generation GPS navigation satellite.
GPS provides critical situational awareness and precision weapon guidance for the military and supports a wide range of civil, scientific and commercial functions – from air traffic control to navigation systems in cars, cell phones and wristwatches.
Here’s an area Apple iPhones have nothing on the Thunderbolt: REAL GPS Not only was the HTC able to get a weak cell signal from 45000 ft in the air, its real GPS chip was able to get enough of a satellite location fix that it could match where we were flying!
China is developing an independent satellie navigation system called Beidou. It’s the third country after the US and Russia to have such a system developed on its own….. Jan. 17 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling [...]