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Freescale Develops Single Chip Solution to Capacitive and Resistive Touch Sensing

Freescale Semiconductor, an Austin, TX-based manufacturer of embedded semiconductors, has expanded its Ready Play solution offering with the Xtrinsic Touch Sensing platform.

From NXP Semiconductors 11 Jan 2012

Magellan Reveals RoadMate RV9145 GPS Device

Magellan, a GPS portable navigation and solutions provider, has announced the launch of the RoadMate RV9145 navigator designed specifically for recreational vehicles (RVs) users.

10 Jan 2012

Track What Matters Launches Cloud-based Tracking Unit

Track What Matters, a GPS tracking company that provides GPS tracking solutions for keeping track of assets, vehicles and containers, has announced the release of the Satellite Tracking Unit designed for mobile assets and trucks.

10 Jan 2012

Research Indicates How Sensors Inform Paddlefish the Proximity of its Prey

A team of researchers at the University of Missouri’s Center for Neurodynamics, located at St Louis had determined in 1997 that the paddlefish, one of North America’s largest freshwater fish, has electroreceptors covering its extended snout to help the paddlefish detect its prey by detecting voltage gradients emitted by the zooplankton.

9 Jan 2012

Treehouse Labs to Demonstrate BiKN Technology Platform with Wireless Chip Technology at CES 2012

Treehouse Labs has revealed the BiKN Technology Platform that integrates NXP Semiconductors’ wireless chip technology.

7 Jan 2012

AmberAlert.com Acquired by Amber Alert GPS

Amber Alert GPS, a GPS technology and services provider, has announced that the company has completed the acquisition of AmberAlert.com.

6 Jan 2012

Corvette Parts Supplier Introduces Installation Kit for Curb Alert Parking Sensors

Southern Car Parts, a supplier of components for Corvette vehicles, has devised a novel installation package for the Curb Alert parking sensor used in C5 and C6 Corvette cars.

4 Jan 2012

Raytheon to Deliver Multi-Functional Radars for U.S. Army

Raytheon Company has received a contract from the Missile Defense Agency to deliver two AN/TPY-2 radars to the U.S. Army. The AN/TPY-2 is a sophisticated multi-functional X-band radar, which will be used as a radar component in the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system. The price of the contract is $363.9 million.

From Raytheon Company 3 Jan 2012

LightSquared Signals Do Not Affect Accuracy of High-Precision GPS Devices

LightSquared, a deployer of open 4G wireless broadband networks for new as well as for existing service providers, announced that it has filed the initial set of data from testing precision GPS devices that were modified to work along with the proposed 4G LTE network throughout the country.

27 Dec 2011

Telit Communications Acquires Navman Wireless’ GPS Module Business

Navman Wireless has declared that Telit Communications, a provider of machine-to-machine wireless technology, has acquired Navman Wireless’ subsidiary, the OEM Solutions business, which designs and produces global positioning system (GPS) modules.

From Danaher Corporation 26 Dec 2011

Position Sensor News

Freescale Develops Single Chip Solution to Capacitive and Resistive Touch Sensing

Magellan Reveals RoadMate RV9145 GPS Device

Track What Matters Launches Cloud-based Tracking Unit

Research Indicates How Sensors Inform Paddlefish the Proximity of its Prey

Treehouse Labs to Demonstrate BiKN Technology Platform with Wireless Chip Technology at CES 2012

AmberAlert.com Acquired by Amber Alert GPS

Corvette Parts Supplier Introduces Installation Kit for Curb Alert Parking Sensors

Raytheon to Deliver Multi-Functional Radars for U.S. Army

LightSquared Signals Do Not Affect Accuracy of High-Precision GPS Devices

Telit Communications Acquires Navman Wireless’ GPS Module Business

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