Navigation makers vie to stand out in a crowd
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Manufacturers of satellite navigation  devices are loading up their gadgets with features from audio  sightseeing guides to three-dimensional city views as they seek  to differentiate themselves in a crowded market.
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One Google engineer has had his picture taken with more than 100 luminaries who have visited the company.
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As the virtual world booms, users yearn for something more than a subpar search engine--and work is now under way.
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Led by John Hanke, Google Earth and Google Maps are delivering cartography tools to the masses.
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SAN DIEGO -- Here at the DemoMobile 2004 conference, about 40 vendors had six minutes each to demonstrate their wireless technology invention to the crowd. Some products, although amazing in description, don't translate very well on the live screen and in such a tight time constraint. Some demonstrations, however, entirely captivate the audience and leave in their wake an audible buzz of excited voices.
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Tom Shannon's massive spherical blimp design boasts 7 million LEDs. Now the challenge is to get it built. In Gadget Lab.
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What's the best way to provide digital driving directions to the likes of Google and Garmin? May the best map win. By Wilson Rothman from Wired magazine.
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Sharp designs and colors fight the impression made by older devices.
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Giant digital displays, designed to give roadside advertisers more options for capturing drivers' eyes, encounter opposition in the face of safety concerns. By the Associated Press.
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Two firms are racing to map the world as the Internet goes increasingly mobile with ever more sophisticated gadgets for people on the move.
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Portable navigation devices are  poised to take off this holiday shopping season as market  leaders Garmin and TomTom race each other to make deeper  inroads into the mass market by pushing out cheaper models.
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OnStar's turn-by turn-navigation system is equipped with operators at the ready to help you safely reach your destination. In Autopia.
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In-car navigation systems in rental cars have made navigating unfamiliar cities much easier for business travelers who drive rather than fly.
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Scientists are working on a tethering system that could help explorers with the prospect of walking on a surface without much sticking power.
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Drivers still learning how to talk  on cell phones and maneuver at the same time are headed for an  even more complex world.
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Handheld game devices and satellite radio receiver vie for gadget fans' attention with camcorders, big LCD TV, and more.
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Route finders, once limited to executive autos, have become part of advanced handsets and are now being designed into mobile phones. New smartphones can load computer-like applications, adding mapping to their bag of tricks.