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Ford GPS headlights “show the car the way to go”

Published 26 April 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
New headlights designed by Ford use GPS data in order to pre-emptively adjust the direction and strength of the beam before bends and junctions.

Tech: why does a paper map beat using GPS?

If you rely on GPS to navigate through unfamiliar streets, you may make more mistakes. Let your brain take the strain instead.
Published 24 June 2018
We’d be lost without GPS, says head of Royal Institute of Navigation

We’d be lost without GPS, says head of RIN

Two things keep Britain’s navigation scientists awake at night. The first is nefarious plots by the Kremlin to bring down critical GPS infrastruc
Published 02 December 2017
Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Don't call Navdy a head-up display. Oh no, it's an "augmented reality device", according to the UK distributor, who let us get hands-on during an
Published 06 March 2017
China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

Drivers in the troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang are to be forced to install GPS tracking devices on their vehicles to allow...
Published 01 March 2017
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

News: Automatic app coaches young drivers without spying...

Every parent likes to keep a watchful eye on their children, yet teenagers who are learning to drive or have recently passed their test would prefer...
Published 28 October 2014
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

News: Crash driver found thanks to her phone’s Find...

A woman's Find My iPhone app became a “find me and get me out of here!” app after a policeman used her iPad to locate her when her car plunged...
Published 15 October 2014