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...Trabi will feature more modern comforts like connections for GPS navigation, mobile phones and even an iPod, said Gerschewski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Trabi, East Germany's Clunker, On the Comeback? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

Aegis Mobility DriveAssist Downloaded software will use a phone's GPS to determine whether it is in a moving vehicle, then log incoming calls and texts, and respond with a message that you're driving. $6 to $12 per month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Distracted Driving: Should Talking, Texting Be Banned? | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...money playing with electron spectrometers, gamma rays, polymers and other gee-whiz stuff few of us can understand; he once accidentally discovered an important pulse-propagation effect. But even his most obscure technical work had practical applications; his Nobel-winning breakthrough - supercooling atoms into "optical molasses" - inspired improvements in GPS data and oil exploration. "He's a real-world scientist," says physicist Carl Wieman, who won a separate Nobel using techniques that Chu pioneered. "He's very, very intense, and he's very, very good at solving problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Steven Chu Win the Fight Over Global Warming? | 8/23/2009 | See Source »

...make the most of Opening Days you’re going to need to find a party or two. Don’t fret, we understand your social naïveté, which is why we offer you a suggestion: Just grab a GPS-enabled iPhone and map a course to that massive cluster of your “new friends” wandering the Yard. Better yet, buy a hundred iPhones and turn them on right now in your dorm room—the party’s right here...

Author: By Crimson staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Camp Harvard Revealed | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory. Both operate atomic clocks, which are capable of calculating the exact time within an infinitesimally small degree through a process that uses microwaves to manipulate cesium atoms. These clocks are publicly available, both at time.gov and over radio airwaves. GPS systems also carry on-board, constantly updated atomic clocks. (See the top iPhone applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't My Clocks Keep Time Accurately? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

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