February 16, 2021 The French word for heart is cœur, which directly translates to core. We often think of the heart as the center of our health. It is the key to tracking and understanding our fitness and wellness. So shouldn’t you know everything there is to know about your heart? That’s why Garmin smartwatches are designed to sample your heart rate multiple times per second, 24 hours a day1. That’s right. More than just […]

New tech can track vehicles, drones and cargo remotely within centimeters — key to safe adoption of autonomous vehicles, flying objects and machinery Vodafone has successfully used new precision positioning technology to remotely track a vehicle to within 10 centimeters of its location, an improvement of more than three meters compared to its current system. Vodafone is working in partnership with Sapcorda, using Vodafone’s global internet of things (IoT) platform, which has  118 million connections […]

February 16, 2021 Garmin’s new Enduro ultraperformance multisport GPS watch is built for the longest races. Designed with endurance athletes in mind, Enduro™ sports a Power Glass™ solar charging lens and customizable power management modes — so you’ll get weeks of battery life to take advantage of the most advanced training and recovery features.  As an endurance athlete, we know you’re resilient, determined, consistent and disciplined. And to get into peak competition shape, it’s vital […]

The Defense Strategies Institute’s (DSI) Assured Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT) Summit will take place April 14-15 at the Mary M. Gates Learning Center in Alexandria, Virginia. According to DSI, the event will bring together members of the military services, Department of Defense (DoD), federal government, industry and academia in a “town hall” style forum to discuss how important GPS and space-based PNT systems are to the overall resilience of the warfighter, as well as […]

February 9, 2021 Podcast (behind-the-chartplotter): Play in new window If you hear Hank Cherry and you immediately think of the Bassmaster Classic, you might just be a fan of fishing. As the guest of episode 5 of “Behind the Chartplotter,” Hank answers Dowe and John’s questions about how his life has changed since finishing first at last year’s tournament, his plans to defend his title and his most embarrassing moment on the water. Listen now. […]

A new GNSS architecture aboard low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites is in development. The patent-pending system architecture “is combining the efficiency and innovation of the new space era with the world of satellite navigation to help enable modern intelligent systems to operate safely in any conditions, anywhere on the planet,” according to a press release from Xona Space Systems. Xona, a San Mateo-based startup, announced a service agreement to advance its 2022 Alpha mission. The agreement is […]

February 10, 2021 Mountain biking enthusiast David Leon never saw the tree, nor did he have time to brake. His Garmin Edge 520 Plus called for help when he couldn’t. David Leon, a 55-year-old hailing from Germantown, Tennessee, was on pace for an MTB personal best one beautiful Saturday in September. In training for the upcoming state mountain bike championship races, he was feeling strong as he pumped his way through the second lap of […]

Dundrum Bay on the coast of Northern Ireland is captured by a mapping airplane in a project to document climate change effects. (Photo: DAERA/Bluesky) Bluesky International will use aircraft-mounted lidar sensors and laser scanners to create a highly detailed 3D map of the whole of the Northern Ireland coastline. Working on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), the lidar survey will be used to create the first complete baseline. The […]

February 10, 2021 The Garmin aviation team announced a long-term agreement to provide the state-of-the-art G3000® integrated flight deck to Joby Aviation for their revolutionary all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which is expected to commence commercial operations in 2024. Our decades of experience deploying certified avionics solutions to new markets continues with the touchscreen G3000 integrated flight deck for eVTOL aircraft in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market. The G3000 integrated flight deck […]

A crucial step toward the development of the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) military user segment took place Monday, Feb. 8, with the kick-off meeting in Brussels of the GEODE (GalilEO for EU DEfence) project, according to a press release from FDC. GEODE is the biggest Galileo application development project ever launched. Sponsored by Belgium, Germany, Italy, France and Spain — contributions should exceed 82.7 million euros — GEODE is supported by the EU with […]