Archive for June, 2009

Microsoft will give information about the traffic in real time

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Traffic in big cities, especially in the U.S. is becoming a serious problem for all employees traveling to work. Each seeks to deal with traffic or to avoid it, but Microsoft is definitely up to something interesting. Using trucks to transmit traffic information from the site of the event. The new technology is part of the system Dust Network of Inrix Traffic Services, which promises that can provide state of the traffic by Bayesian statistical analysis of more than 1 years ahead. Besides specialized trucks from Inrix will use the return antennas attached to over 500 000 vehicles, which will transmit the necessary information. All traffic information will be available in web portals and navigation systems for automobiles. From Inrix announced its initial partners, namely, TeleAtlas, Cingular, MSN, Garmin, Magellan and TomTom, and the new generation of SPOT watches Microsoft.

Unique small GPS receiver from Lighting

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Unique small GPS receiver for parents distrustful offers us Lighting GPS. Widget is the size of a standard 9V battery and safely withstand hit, scratch and even immersion in liquid. Manufacturer offered for the first time this type of devices on civilian populations and ending the set with a convenient PC software positioning. Toy will work with rechargeable battery and will be able to route that is saved for passing last five days. The GPS receiver is really amazingly small and showing exact possition with 10 meters error. This is great decision for your car, for your mobile phone, or for you at all.