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Caption Competition: Swanning around in the Serpentine
Photo The winning entry, from reader Ian Sargent, was "Strange, my Sat Nav reckons that this is Knightsbridge. This competition is now closed. Photo credit: Gemma Simpson [19 Oct 2007]
Geelen and Pauwels
AS Profile They then moved on to in-car satellite navigation - or sat-nav, for anyone who has sat in a darkened room for the past two years. The duo was praised by the judges last year for making... [12 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... DNA database, lie detector tech, sat-nav blunders...
Comment Sat-nav and stupidity Sat-nav blunders spawn warning signs How does a sat-nav know the dimensions of the particular vehicle being... [07 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.08.07
Round-Up Set the sat-nav and we'll be on our way. The four signs have been introduced around one particular black spot in the village where sat-nav devices have directed heavy... [31 Aug 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 31.08.07
Round-Up Podcast Sat-nav hazards, CIOs and iPhone hacking - and the silicon.com Caption Competition - all discussed in this week's Weekly Round-Up Podcast, hosted by Steve Ranger and featuring Tony Hallett, Julian... [31 Aug 2007]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News The European Commission's Eurobaromometer survey found Europeans are "highly positive" about the development of satellite network and the sat-nav technologies linked to the programme. Until now,... [06 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Ever wondered where the maps on your sat-nav device come from? See more shots of the sat-nav technology here. A man-in-a-van approach may not seem like the most... [30 May 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo The Dutch company is one of two major European mapping organisations - the other being Navteq - that provide maps to sat-nav manufacturers. This is one of the vans used by mapping company Tele Atlas to... [21 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Sat-nav driving me crazy
Comment But later that night I was struck by just how important GPS and sat-nav have become. I noticed a steady trickle of them turn into a heavier flow of vehicles, many featuring drivers intently looking at... [24 Apr 2007]
UN digs into 'e-scrap' mountain
News Valuable components in computers, TVs, phones, MP3 players, sat-nav systems - and pretty much anything else with a plug - are being trashed in ever increasing volumes worldwide. A United Nations-led... [07 Mar 2007]
Nokia gets smart about mapping services
News Nokia has launched a mapping, navigation and location-based services (LBS) system for use on its smart phones and PDAs, as well as devices made by other companies. The smart2go system provides maps and routing covering more than 150... [08 Feb 2007]
Green sat-nav - how it works
News Yesterday silicon.com reported on developments by Swedish academics to build a greener sat-nav system that works out the most fuel-efficient routes. The green sat-nav... [05 Jan 2007]
Green sat-nav pioneered in Sweden
News An eco-friendly sat-nav system offering routes to save fuel and minimise greenhouse gas emissions is being developed by Swedish scientists. Their sat-nav system has... [04 Jan 2007]
Sat-nav start-up turns to Yahoo!
News A GPS start-up plans to include Yahoo! s local-search data in its navigation device for cars. Other GPS navigators also have built-in business directories but Dash Navigation will be the first to integrate Yahoo! [04 Jan 2007]
Mobile countdown to sat-nav shake-up
News The analyst house also predicts sat-nav companies will be forced to dream up new innovative services, faced with approaching penetration of the market for low-cost, basic map-based offerings. The... [02 Jan 2007]
