Friday, April 06, 2007

Another reason I still do the turning...

Our now-beloved GPS systems are affected by weather - space weather.
"Our increasingly technologically dependent society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to space weather," David L. Johnson, director of the National Weather Service, said at a briefing.

GPS receivers have become widely used in recent years, using satellite signals in navigating airplanes, ships and automobiles, and in using cell phones, mining, surveying and many other commercial uses. [More]

As we grope our way to fully-automated farm guidance systems, we may need cosmic weather forecasters. That's right - even spacier weatherpersons. And radar maps from Venus.

On the upside, we can now blame crooked rows on solar flares.

2 comments:

camel cowboy said...

like me you are too cheap and cannot justify the technology jump in gadgets needed--the challenge of planting with a "system" is like the b-52 pilot!!!!!!

Happy Easter!

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