Priya Narasimhan, a football fan in Pittsburgh, wants to help referees make the right call. Her experiment: embed GPS units and accelerometers into football equipment to keep track of where the ball ...

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These days, driving is rarely as simple as going from Point A to Point B — but it can be. With millions of other cars on the road and countless miles available to travel, the last thing you want to be ...

It's pretty well established that car speedometers are mildly inaccurate. However, if you're wondering whether GPS is any ...

I must say I’m not a fan of GPS units. My smartphone fitted with Google Maps usually does all the job and there’s no need to carry an additional device to look after during my ride. However, there are ...

GPS is the best technology for tracking the location and movement of any object anywhere in the world. GPS stands for “Global Positioning System,” and refers to a worldwide network of satellites, ...

— -- Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help ...

Before hunting GPS units were available, outdoors people learned lessons in humility. Some of the best hunters, hikers, and anglers I know tell stories about tailing big bulls and bucks over one ridge ...