Jeremy Brown on January 30, 2008 2:12 PM
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For this post, I’d like to discuss a subject very close to my heart: strip clubs. Like many a frequent and busy-handed patron, I can tell you the location of every theater of flesh within thirty miles of my doorstep. But if I find myself in a distant city, I’m completely at a loss, and as a result, inconsolable.
Well, now it’s GPS technology to the rescue! Always a neat gizmo to be sure, GPS has finally realized its full potential through NUDAR, which, once downloaded onto your existing unit, will locate every place and event where boobs and butts aren’t locked away in sartorial confines. You can either type in the name of a breastination to which you’ll be flawlessly guided, or just tumescently trawl around town and NUDAR will alert you to any emporium of public nudity within a .2 mile radius.
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John Pavlus on January 15, 2008 11:32 AM
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Now here's a maps mashup. Christian Nold paired GPS devices with gizmos that measure galvanic skin response -- a known indicator of arousal and/or stress -- and gave them to people walking around certain cities. The result? A map that not only tells you how to get to that hip new neighborhood, but also how it's likely to make you feel. (User-specific annotations add to the intrigue.)
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Joey Seiler on November 27, 2007 4:58 PM
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The European Union set a budget last week that includes 2.4 billion euros (3.5 billion dollars) for the Galileo satellite-navigation project, which would give it one of the most effective GPS satellite networks around. Not so fast said the US. The US is getting ready to launch GPS III, the most significant update to the system since its launch in the 90s. With 500 times the current transmitting power, GPS III is ready for a scrap. "The GPS Block III satellite will provide improved positioning, navigation, and timing services to military and civil users by improving accuracy, integrity, and resistance to hostile jamming," said David Madden, commander of the GPS Wing in the US Air Force.
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