Even as Baron beefed up his radar business, his weather geeks were racking up patents on software that could interact with gps systems to deliver real-time forecasts to mobile customers.
"We like to survey the circuits with GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and I think that gives you the ability to very accurately put those parameters into your simulation tools, " he said.
Booking systems - with GPs arranging consultation times directly with the hospital via computer - will also be introduced from March 2002.
From the social media restrictions made on the Olympic Athletes to the blame that was put on the fans for jamming GPS systems and networks with tweets and texts, it was brutally evident that the IOC had no understanding of the role social media platforms have played in shaping the way the world, and more specifically the Millennial Generation, communicates today.
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Each balloon is fitted with the latest meteorological technology and GPS tracking systems which allow progress to be tracked online.
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The technology world has obligingly created swarms of gadgets and accessories this year that fall into these categories, starting with MP3 players, global positioning systems (GPS) and laptop and cellphone cases.
They are especially worried that Galileo's transmission frequencies will overlap those of the revamped GPS: the two systems might interfere with each other.
With CemexNet in place, Zambrano was perfectly positioned to introduce GPS navigational systems in his delivery trucks.
But America's fears are economic as well as military: it suspects that the EU might try, for instance, requiring aircraft entering its air space to use Galileo-based navigation systems, to the detriment of American firms with products based on GPS. And European countries, China and the like might develop weapons that are compatible with Galileo rather than GPS, which would mean American defence firms losing a competitive advantage.
For example, researchers in Arizona are using real-time kinematic global positioning systems, an ultra-precise version of GPS that can measure positions with sub-inch accuracy levels, to control weeds in cotton fields with steel cultivators.
While most of you probably carry an all-in-one NAV with a built-in GPS receiver, the MG-920 is designed to connect to Bluetooth navigation systems that need a little help syncing with satellites, and although the SiRF Star III LP chip and rechargeable Li-ion cell are entirely average, the bottom-mounted FM transmitter allows a turn-by-turn instructor to be channeled to one's FM radio.
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