Gladys West: The Hidden Figure Who Helped Invent GPS

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Gladys West: The Hidden Figure Who Helped Invent GPS

In the early 60s, West took part in an award-winning study that proved “the regularity of Pluto’s motion relative to Neptune”, according to a 2018 press release by the US air force. In 1979, she received a commendation for her hard work from her departmental head. She then became project manager for the Seasat radar altimetry project; Seasat was the first satellite that could monitor the oceans. She oversaw a team of five people. She programmed an IBM 7030 Stretch computer, which was significantly faster than other machines at the time, to provide calculations for an accurate geodetic Earth model. This detailed mathematical model of the shape of the Earth was a building block for what would become the GPS orbit.

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Banking, Real Estate & Technology, Headquartered in Rwanda

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Banking, Real Estate & Technology, Headquartered in Rwanda

Mara’s technology ventures capitalizes on the rapidly growing smartphone and internet markets creating a suite of platforms that are tailored locally.

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Infinity Flex Display that lets you open and close the device over and over without any degradation

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Infinity Flex Display that lets you open and close the device over and over without any degradation

Samsung's foldable phone is real and opens into a tablet. Justin Denison, Samsung senior vice president of mobile marketing, displays during a Wednesday afternoon panel at its Samsung Developer Conference. The device will soon be mass-produced in the coming months and be available next year.  Samsung gave the first glimpse. It will use the company's new Infinity Flex Display.

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Hold on just a moment before you drop $1,000 or more on a flagship handset

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Hold on just a moment before you drop $1,000 or more on a flagship handset

It’s better to be on the most recent OS updates, and your apps are going to be snappier on newer hardware. The point, however, these differences become smaller and smaller with each round of flagship launches. Situation has changed and has been for a while. Today's best budget handset come in Full HD screens and performance that won’t make you want to throw them at the wall in frustration.

By Theo Edwards

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