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Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Pedestrian dead reckoning or PDR, is a form of dead reckoning in which the position of a person in the interior of a building or on a walkway is determined by calculating their previous position, plus adding their speed – either known or estimated – to that position. It is extremely handy as a method to overcome transmission propagation latency. In other words, to work out where someone is, without necessarily waiting for a signal from them to verify position. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Results by page [1] ![]() In the purely physical world, death is a straightforward thing: You are either alive, or you are not. When you add in the purely virtual, heavily interconnected worlds of cyberspace, that model changes drastically. When do you deem someone to be irredeemably dead, if part of their mind is active and self-modifying online? ![]() ![]() ![]() An interesting article, concerning the "right of publicity" laws in the USA, where you're not allowed to use someone's name or likeness to sell your product. This is a problem if you use a celebrity - even dead, in-world. The article also looks at and explores the developing issue of Virtual Property Rights, and your legal standpoint as a developer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shrek 2 takes off right from where Shrek ended. Shrek and Fiona are now married, and our first images are the camcorder-style glimpses of their honeymoon, the two of them larking about in total married bliss, having a wonderful, romantic time. Unfortunately, the honeymoon is over, the two of them return to the foreboding image of married life as the film opens, with Donkey having house-sat for them, and done absolutely nothing save make himself at home. If the piles of unopened letters, dust-covered furniture, and dead plants were not enough, a messenger arrives at the door, to proclaim that the King and Queen of Far Far Away ? Fiona?s parents ? would like to meet Shrek...
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Results by page (02/09/2007)
Earthlink?s plans for municipal Wi-Fi have gone sour. Two of its three deals are dead, and the third is turning sour. A day after dismissing half its staff to cut costs, Earthlink withdrew from a plan that also included Googl...
(03/07/2010)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new concept introduced by Yanko Designs could put an end to dead batteries on photography excursions. The Solar Camera Strap is a sturdy strap to secure the camera and to power it via thin solar panels across the width of...
(21/09/2009)
A team of researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has developed an intelligent surveillance system able to detect aberrant behaviour by drivers and people on foot crossing pedestrian crossings and in other urban setting...
(13/06/2010)
Even Hong Kong's dead cannot escape the Internet after the government Thursday opened the electronic gates on a brand new virtual graveyard. In Chinese culture, relatives are expected to visit the cemetery at least once a ye...
(21/11/2004)
An electronic "artificial eye", created by Tadayoshi Shioyama and Mohammad Uddin, at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan, has proved it can reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even m...
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