Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2009

Protect Your Life by Using Fall Detectors

Parents are human beings that we love and should be treated well. When was old, parents will experience a decrease in physical and intellectual functions. The decline in physical condition of the parents, make us worry when they leave home to do something, such as going for shopping, walking in the garden and so on. Problems that often occur in older people is they often fall from the ladder.

Physical condition of the weak will become a problem when performing activities outside the home, and have a high risk that when the fall and not have people who provide assistance. To help parents to avoid danger, we can use the Medical Alert technology that is designed to detect a fall and is not necessary to press the button when falling.

Medical Alert for fall detectors system is very sensitive to the accident and will automatically call help when you fall.Fall detection is also using mobile GPS technology that will monitor from which you send a signal for assistance.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Global Positioning System (GPS)

satellite-GPSGPS is the Global Positioning System navigation equipment that is used to determine the position at any time and anywhere by using satellites. Function of the GPS satellites which are always / continuously send or emit code information used to know / identify the location on the earth.

Segments of the GPS:
space segment, user segment, and control segment.


Space segment
Consists of 24 satellites (21 active and 3 as a backup), each of which is the orbit distance with 11,000 miles above the surface of the earth.

User segment
Consists of tools recipient GPS signals from satellites.

Control segment of the earth from the station that serves as a checker to ensure that the GPS satellites to work properly. Examples in everyday life, used to know the search for the presence / position of someone, help in finding the existence of a car on the highway, to know the position of the aircraft, to know the speed of an object, and so forth.