Natural Guidance from Navteq – a more human angle on navigation
Posted by admin in Electronics on 07. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
‘Take a left after the church’ Navteq’s Natural Guidance system aims to make GPS navigation instructions more like what a passenger who knows the way might say to you. Brilliant idea or bad move? Awful advertising, either way. Navteq has decided that typical turn-by-turn navigation instructions like "in 300 meters, turn left" aren’t ‘human’ enough. [...]
GM Turning Car Windshields into Augmented-Reality Navigation Displays
Posted by admin in Auto, Concept on 20. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Still doesn’t excuse driving one-handed while texting AR Windshield GM’s display system might point to upcoming road signs and help outline the road in dark or foggy driving conditions. Distracted drivers may soon get some warnings from their windshield displays about road hazards such as children playing in the street or vehicles in the driver’s [...]
Get lost? Not likely with the Lok8u multi-m8 GPS wristwatch
Posted by admin in Wearable electronics on 27. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
It’s a big world out there and for many different people in society that means a big risk of getting lost. Following the release of its nu.m8 GPS location device for children, Lok8u has announced its adult counterpart, the multi.m8. The device, worn as a wristwatch, aims to make a range of people from lone [...]
