GPS tracking leads the way to a bike sharing program at the University at Buffalo. The University at Buffalo (UB) has been working on a system that will allow students to share bicycles, instead of worrying about bringing their own. The new program is called Buffalo BikeShare, and utilizes GPS technology for tracking down the [...]

$120 million has been awarded to Lockheed Martin Space Systems for new GPS satellite systems. The US Air Force wants four new global positioning system (GPS) satellites built and are willing to pay for it. They have awarded $120 million to Lockheed Martin for four new satellites as part of the GPS III program (also [...]

GPS tracking reaches new heights with the ability to track free-roaming land crabs on Christmas Island. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany are studying the long-term movements and migration habits of the coconut crab (Birgus latro). The Coconut crab is a crustacean living on various tropical islands in the Indo-Pacific, [...]