December 3, 2019 The brand new Tacx Training app is live! Now you can stream our high-quality training films to all your compatible devices, including your smartphone, tablet and desktop. It comes with a completely new and intuitive design and is specially made for indoor cycling Tacx Smart trainers. Conquer the beautiful Alps while all your performance data is displayed on the screen, structure your own workouts, join a ride with live opponents, relive your […]

GPS World graphic A new post-Brexit GNSS “must be secured,” according to the UKspace trade association. UKspace on Nov. 21 published its manifesto for a future British government to consider, actions that will enable Britain to compete inthe “new space race.” Among the recommendations is a satellite system to provide navigation services.“The UK’s post-Brexit participation in a new global satellite navigation system must be secured, whether through ESA or a sovereign capability,” the manifesto said. “The […]

December 2, 2019 The inaugural APAC Garmin Health Summit took place in Taipei on Oct. 24-25, 2019. Matching the success of the Garmin Health Summit in Europe, the fully-booked APAC event hosted guests from 47 different companies for presentations and discussions between digital health industry leaders from all over the world. The summit began with attendees enjoying an exclusive opportunity to see the production line at Garmin’s newest factory. An evening event featured a keynote […]

Eight briefcase-size satellites flying in a row may be key to improving forecasts of a hurricane’s wind speed – detecting whether it will make landfall as a Category 1 or a Category 5. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) fleet, launched in 2016, was designed to show whether the same GPS signals your phone uses for navigation can be used to measure winds deep within a hurricane or typhoon. The answer appears to […]

Photo: Spectra Precision Verified photomontages for UNESCO World Heritage sites achieves accuracy with Spectra Geospatial SP80 Verified photomontage is an important planning tool to envision how proposed surrounding development plans would affect UNESCO World Heritage sites. Verified photomontage demands the best accuracy for the best visualization to determine what a development may look like to a person standing at the photographic viewpoint. For MS Environmental (MSE), selected to provide verified photomontage for multiple UNESCO World […]

November 4, 2019 I have a true passion for photography and a love for being on water, and the fact that I have a constant opportunity to mix both is amazing to me. What I love about photography and fishing is that they are always teaching me. No two images are exactly the same; no two situations are exactly the same; and when you finally get “the shot” … it’s an awesome feeling. Another thing […]

China launched two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, the two satellites have entered their planned orbits. They are the 50th and 51st satellites of the BDS satellite family. The two medium earth orbit satellites […]

Photo: Rohde & Schwarz Test and measurement specialist Rohde & Schwarz has supplied mobile network testing tools used in drone-based network coverage, performance and operation tests managed by Ericsson, a global leader in network infrastructure. Testing mobile coverage. A project team based in Jorvas, Finland, and led by Ericsson’s 5G Readiness Program RAN Technical Lead Richard Wirén, has developed— together with Centria University of Applied Sciences — a novel system for testing cellular mobile network […]

November 15, 2019 We’ve made our list and checked it twice. These are our top gift picks that should be on every cyclist’s holiday wishlist this year. We hope they’ve been nice! Check-out our holiday gift guide that will keep on giving in helping you Beat Yesterday. Edge 530 and the touchscreen Edge 830: Whether your goal is to beat yesterday with a faster or longer ride or dial in your training for a race, […]

GE Aviation and Hybrid Project team to provide commercial high-endurance vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV, with Auterion and GE Aviation providing comprehensive integration of ground, cloud and airborne components GE Aviation has teamed with Hybrid Project to provide a VTOL UAV designed for high-endurance commercial applications at scale. Flight testing is underway, with commercial availability targeted for the first quarter of 2020. The agreement enables Hybrid Project’s 35-pound hybrid-powered SuperVolo VTOL UAV with a […]