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...unit) not only offer twice the range (as far as five miles) but also come with a built-in global positioning system. Take a pair on a camping trip to Yellowstone, and you'll be able to track your buddies and wayward children. Punch in the coordinates, and the GPS satellites can guide you back to base camp--or the nearest McDonald...
...company that creates global-positioning-system technology, could benefit from the upgrade. The company has developed a chip (above, next to a standard microchip), about half the size of a fingernail, that can transmit a cell phone's location to the police and authorized callers (your buddy list) with GPS. What's more, the signal continues to transmit when the user is indoors, a task that has been difficult for other GPS devices. The chip is being tested by several cell-phone manufacturers and will be available in about a year. Marketing bonus: teenagers can track each other...
...always as fast as an avalanche, but just as wild. He would occasionally show up on the winners' podium, but that seemed purely accidental. The rest of the time Bullet Bode (it's pronounced Bo-dee) would be so far off the course you would need a GPS to find him. This season, though, Miller has been a fixture on the winners' stand of the World Cup tour, Europe's glamorous winter circuit. He has won four races outright, something an American hasn't done in almost two decades. At Salt Lake City he will be a medal contender...
...personal identification number that no one else should have. Something you have is an ATM card or an ID card at work. Something you are can be your handwriting, your fingerprint or your DNA sample, depending on how detailed you want to get. Some very advanced systems use GPS to pinpoint where you are, but that's a different level of technology...
...great idea: when you get lost in the woods, your cell phone tells you--and your rescuers--exactly where you are. The FCC now requires carriers to offer a phone that doubles as an emergency locator beacon, and Sprint PCS is the first wireless service to sell one. Its GPS-equipped SPH-N300 ($150) will go live next week in Rhode Island. By the end of 2002, all Sprint phones will have GPS capability...