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Find That Remote Waterfall – With Your Cell Phone (News Release)

GPS Goes Cellular for Off-Road Adventures SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ — You know about Global Positioning System (GPS) in vehicles. You have a cell phone. Now your cell phone can use GPS to guide you through the great outdoors. It’s called Trimble(R) Outdoors, the first outdoor recreation solution that…

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RFIDs in Your Passport, State-Installed GPS Tracking in Your Car – Really.

RFIDs embedded in your U.S. passport, encoded with your identity, and able to be read at a distance? GPS devices mandated by law, installed in every single new car, so that the state can monitor your every movement and tax you based on the milage you drive? It’s not 1984, the Sequel. It’s 2004, the Reality. Both of these measures seem likely before the end of 2005.