Tag: Global Positioning System

“Crowd-Sourced Crime-Reporting and Safety App Tapshield Goes Public”

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A crowd-sourced crime-reporting and safety app trialed on selected university campuses has now been rolled out to everyone. Tapshield allows real-time viewing of crime stats and suspicious activity in an area, and allows you to summon help when in trouble. An award-winning mobile safety app and response dashboard, TapShield uses collaboration and crowd-sourcing to build … Continue reading “Crowd-Sourced Crime-Reporting and Safety App Tapshield Goes Public”

Get With The Times: You’re Driving All Wrong

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If you're a conscientious motorist who still does everything the way your driver's-ed instructor told you to, you're doing it all wrong.   For decades, the standard instruction was that drivers should hold the steering wheel at the 10 and 2 positions, as envisioned on a clock. This, it turns out, is no longer the … Continue reading Get With The Times: You’re Driving All Wrong

Largest Solar Flare in 5 Years En Route – Expected to Arrive at 7:00 AM EST Thursday, March 8, 2012

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The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking Earth around 7 a.m. EST Thursday (1200 GMT), according to forecasters at the federal government's Space … Continue reading Largest Solar Flare in 5 Years En Route – Expected to Arrive at 7:00 AM EST Thursday, March 8, 2012

FSMA Means Updates for Trucking Industry

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by Gretchen Goetz | Jan 30, 2012 The trucking industry is gearing up to invest in new technologies and tighten shipping procedures in order to meet the Obama Administration's new food safety regulations. In December of 2010, Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which mandated improvements across the food safety system. For the … Continue reading FSMA Means Updates for Trucking Industry

Off Topic Story – Science Today: Father and Son Film Outer Space, Do-it-yourself Style in NY

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Like many youngsters, and those young at heart, seven-year-old Max Geissbuhler and his dad dreamed of visiting space -- and armed with just a weather balloon, a video camera, and an iPhone, in a way they did just that. The father-and-son team from Brooklyn managed to send their homemade spacecraft up nearly 19 miles, high … Continue reading Off Topic Story – Science Today: Father and Son Film Outer Space, Do-it-yourself Style in NY