August 17, 2021 “My Garmin saved my life,” said John Zembrodt, who knew to go to his doctor after his Garmin Descent Mk1 detected a higher-than-normal heart rate earlier this year. John Zembrodt was scuba diving in Cozumel in April when his heart started beating harder than he’d ever felt. “I went down for my first dive of the day, and I got down to about 100 feet, and I just felt my heart beating […]

The U.S. Department of Defense wants help making sense of commercially and publicly available information that could be used to detect GNSS disruptors, especially over large areas. Obtaining the ability to detect and geolocate GNSS disruptions has been cited as an unmet need in a number of U.S. national policies and plans dealing with positioning, navigation and timing. The recently posted solicitation calls the project “HARMONIOUS ROOK – Situational Awareness for Intentional Disruption of Global Navigation […]

August 15, 2021 OFFICIAL RULESNO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ELIGIBILITY:  The Sweepstakes is open only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States (excluding Puerto Rico residents) or the District of Columbia, are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees and their immediate families of Garmin International, Inc. (“Garmin”) and […]

The Exynos W920 offers high performance, efficiency and LTE connectivity in tiny form factor Image: Samsung Samsung Electronics is offering a new processor for wearables, the Exynos W920. The new processor integrates an LTE modem and is built with an advanced 5-nanometer (nm) extreme ultraviolet process node, offering powerful yet efficient performance demanded by next-generation wearable devices. The Exynos W920 is embedded with a GNSS L1 receiver (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo) for tracking speed, distance […]

August 13, 2021 Matt Pinchak does not remember falling. He remembers when the rope got stuck while climbing a multipitch route with his wife. He remembers his attempt to free the rope. And then he remembers waking up at the base of the mountain, unable to move. It was his wife who watched him tumble while trying to free the rope — and falling for another 250’. “It was immediately obvious that I needed serious […]

A surveillance system is demonstrated during a Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) exercise. (Photo: Rick Naystatt/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for commercial solutions to fight GNSS disruptions, including jamming and spoofing. DIU is particularly asking for “solutions leveraging machine-driven analytics and datasets derived from publicly/commercially available information to provide a situational awareness capability” against intentional disruptions. Responses to “HARMONIOUS ROOK — Situational Awareness for Intentional Disruption of Global Navigation Satellite System […]

August 11, 2021 In the last few months, Colin West and his crew have cleaned up 8,122 pounds of trash out of Lake Tahoe. And no, that is not a typo. We, as humans, have deposited more than eight thousand pounds of trash into the largest alpine lake in North America — and West’s organization, aptly named Clean Up the Lake, is only on mile 22 of a 72-mile scuba cleanup. Clean Up the Lake […]

Testing on Galileo’s second-generation hardware has begun. Test versions of the satellites’ navigation payloads is undergoing evaluation by Airbus Defence and Space at its Ottobrunn facility in Germany and by Thales Alenia Space at the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands. Known as the Galileo Payload Testbeds (GPLTBs), these are development models of the navigation payloads intended for the Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites. The navigation antennas of the testbed payloads […]

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Image: SPH Engineering SPH Engineering has released a lidar toolset update to UgCS — the company’s UAV mission planning and flight control software. The lidar toolset is designed to eliminate human error in remote sensing. Features include precise calibration, flight patterns for route planning, anti-shake turns, and constant line spacing and buffer. The UgCS lidar toolset allows users to optimize time and cost-effectiveness at all stages of data collection and processing. At the flight planning […]