In 1983 researchers found the approximate location of the gene for Huntington's disease, the incurable brain illness.

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In the event that the mobile phone is lost, users can remotely lock it and determine its approximate location, enabling worry-free operations.

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But Apple avoids acknowledging that the by-product of tracking all the towers and hotspots around an iPhone user is that his or her approximate location is tracked, too.

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Using 100 volunteers armed with Series 60 phones (like the Nokia 6682, pictured), the Nokia-funded project tracked such data as incoming and outgoing calls, Bluetooth activity, and approximate location (via celltower ID data).

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The simulation runs forward in time for three weeks in order to approximate the value of having a truck and driver at a certain location at a certain time, and gets a first result.

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DeLorme's CyberRouter lets users plug in a desired to-and-from location, and the site instantly responds with the distance and approximate time of the trip.

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