China is due to launch the final satellite in its global positioning system constellation Beidou, allowing Beijing to reduce its reliance on the US-owned GPS system. Beidou will be made up of 30 satellites giving China military independence in terms of navigation and even messaging independent of the US or other nations. The final part … Read more
Mysterious GPS signals reveal GHOST SHIPS sailing in wide circles off the coast of San Francisco, despite tracking data saying they should actually be thousands of miles away A watchdog group noticed some strange GPS signals near San Francisco Nine ships appeared to be traveling in circular patterns off the coastline The ships weren’t actually … Read more
GPs have been told to take pictures of suspicious moles on their phones before referring patients to a skin-cancer specialist. Under new plans, general practitioners working across four areas in North East England will have to take three photographs on their mobiles, which then get sent to a consultant for review. The specialist may then … Read more
Defence giant BAE Systems buys Collins Aerospace GPS unit from America’s United Technologies for £1.7bn BAE shares rose 2.9 per cent, up 17.8p to 642.4p in trading on Monday Move comes just six months after United Technologies and Raytheon merged The GPS business has designed military receivers for more than 40 years By Sara Scarlett … Read more
GPs in England say they have ‘no idea’ how many of their patients have coronavirus because the Government is not sharing test results with them. Family doctors and councils were promised the results from hundreds of thousands of swabs carried out at drive-through centres weeks ago. But the Government’s national testing programme coordinator said there … Read more
GPs posted naked selfies to draw attention to healthcare workers fighting on the German coronavirus frontline without protective equipment and clothing Blanke Bedenken aim to tell Germany’s health ministers their calls for PPE weren’t heard The group said ‘when we run out of what little we have, we look like this’ Firms producing the equipment … Read more
Retired GPs who have volunteered to return to the NHS and fight the coronavirus pandemic say they haven’t heard anything since applying last month. One frustrated former doctor said there had been a ‘deafening silence’ since they signed up, while another feels ‘useless and unwanted’. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost 12,000 retired NHS staff … Read more
Norwegian government uses cellular data tracking users’ movements to model the potential spread of coronavirus and anticipate what parts of the country will need medical supplies Norway is using cellular data to track the movements of people in groups of 20 The movement data is used to predict where COVID-19 flare-ups might occur Cell provider … Read more
How is the pandemic affecting general practice, the mainstay of NHS care? Across the UK, thousands of GPs are having to find new ways of looking after patients — potentially changing how all of us are treated in future, as this fascinating weekly diary, written by a GP in Yorkshire, reveals. The author, Dr Nick … Read more