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TI Kicks Off 2007 Portable Power Management Design Seminar Series

Building on the success of its popular power design seminars, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the schedule for its 2007 Portable Power Design Seminar series. Leading TI power management experts will conduct the one-day seminar in 23 cities worldwide, starting in September.

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Honda upgrades its car navigation system with earthquake and weather information

Honda's car navigation system already maps the quickest route to a destination, avoiding traffic jams. Now, drivers will get information about earthquakes and warnings of heavy rainfall ahead on roads.

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Putin makes Glonass navigation system free for customers

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the Glonass navigation system to provide the service free for customers, the Kremlin press service said.

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Safer air traffic with EGNOS

Vertical guidance by means of signals from the sky: this is what EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation service, will offer pilots during approach and landing.

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Nissan's Carwings Helps Promote Local Tourism

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and the cities of Tateyama and Minami Boso in Chiba Prefecture announced today that they will jointly develop a new service to provide local tourism routes and information to drivers through Nissan's CARWINGS navigation system

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Slow helium beam technique is breakthrough in atomic optics

The speed of a beam of helium atoms can be controlled and slowed using an "atomic paddle" much as a tennis player uses a racquet to control tennis balls, physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.

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