Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Newcastle University preps in-car GPS for the elderly, helps grandmum get home safely

Most Engadget readers can have grown up with GPS, however the UK's Newcastle University has realized that many within the older generation may be first-timers and unfamiliar with all those keep-lefts and switch-rights. Development is underway on the school for a brand new satellite navigation system that might be easier and more intuitive on your grandfolks, with features that come with calling out direction changes by landmark names, limiting turns to the safer variety and keeping the route off of high-speed motorways. When this could come in your local high street shop isn't known, however the university has a £12 million ($19.5 million) research grant to aid sort that out.



From WhatNewsToday.net

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