Tilt rotation support for automatic excavation, bring-your-own device, mobile apps included Topcon Positioning Group announces advances to its portfolio of machine control solutions that are designed to provide contractors with better performance and profitability in earthmoving applications. The new solutions include tilt rotator functionality for the Automatic Excavator system, mobile and bring your own device (BYOD) display options, and other additions. Topcon made the announcement at ConExpo, taking place this week in Las Vegas. Tilt […]

March 11, 2020 Sea Otter is one of the biggest cycling events in the world, and is the home event for one of MTB’s biggest stars: Scott SRAM’s Kate Courtney. We caught up with her to talk to her about her plans for 2020, her home event and how she can stay in peak shape throughout a long year… Garmin: You’re competing for a lot of the year, with key events and certain times, how […]

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with Raytheon Missile Systems to deliver Naval Strike Missiles under a contract worth $21.36 million. The missiles are for the United States Navy’s Over-The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH WS) program. Raytheon is the prime contractor. The Naval Strike Missile is a GPS-guided long-range, precision strike weapon that can find and destroy enemy ships at distances up to 100 nautical miles. The stealthy missile flies at sea-skimming altitude, has […]

The Beijing municipal government has released a three-year plan to promote the innovation and development of industries related to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. Beijing will foster breakthroughs in key and core technologies, and create a sound ecology for Beidou-related industries via cultivating competitive enterprises, according to the plan. The total output value of the Beidou navigation and location service industry in Beijing will exceed 100 billion yuan (about 14.4 […]

On April 2, a new museum exhibit will open that focuses on the U.S. Air Force’s role in the management of GPS satellite systems. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is holding a grand opening event for the new GPS Exhibit from 2-3:30 p.m., with remarks by U.S. Air Force personnel involved with the exhibit followed by light refreshments. The museum is located at 1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Riverside, […]

March 6, 2020 Country singer and CMA-nominee Carly Pearce sat down with us when her tour stopped in Kansas City to talk about her music career and how she fits fitness into her busy life! Carly wears the Forerunner 245 Music.  Garmin: How has your tour been so far? What is your favorite part? Carly Pearce: It’s been great. We are nearing the end of the year, It’s winding down. It’s been a really busy […]

Creating detailed street maps and keeping them updated is an expensive and time-consuming task performed mostly by large companies. They ignore the many parts of the world where this task is not profitable, even though the need is high due to rapid growth and change in the street network, such as in Thailand. To automate the process and make accurate digital maps available in any country, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and […]

February 27, 2020 Everybody on the Avalanche Canada team lives and breathes avalanche safety, and knows their forecasts can be the deciding factor for a recreator making a life or death decision. More and more, people are heading into Canada’s mammoth mountain ranges in the winter months to recreate. As a result, they’re turning to Avalanche Canada to provide critical information about avalanche conditions to help make decisions and keep themselves safe in the backcountry. […]

Whether robots are exploring caves on other planets or disaster areas here on Earth, autonomy enables them to navigate extreme environments without human guidance or access to GPS. The Subterranean Challenge, or SubT, is testing this kind of cutting-edge technology. Sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the contest concluded its second circuit on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Taking first in the competition was CoSTAR, a 12-robot, 60-person team led by […]

Image: Left Hand Robotics New BOLT platform enables equipment manufacturers to automate outdoor jobs, adding autonomous navigation, connected sensors and real-time operations to machines. Left Hand Robotics, pioneer and manufacturer of self-driving smart robots for commercial turf and snow, has launched BOLT, a technology platform that transforms outdoor machinery and power equipment into smarter, more efficient, ready-to-work robots. BOLT brings autonomous navigation, connected sensors, and real-time robot operations to outdoor power equipment and machines doing […]