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    Is sat-nav destroying our sense of direction?

    For most of us, gone are the days of route-planning with a mapbook and directions. Instead, 76 per cent of UK drivers use sat-navs for their car journeys – leading to speculation that British drivers as a whole are losing their knowledge

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  • ScienceAOL

    Sat nav hampers brain's ability to navigate, says new research

    Sat nav devices could be responsible for "switching off" the part of the brain that helps humans navigate, a new study has suggested. Research from University College London found that the pattern of brain activity that takes place

  • TechnologyAOL

    Road maps or sat navs? More motorists are choosing the voice

    Getty When it comes to planning your weekend away, many of us stick to good old-fashioned map reading to reach our destination. But, according to a recent survey, more and more motorists are opting for the automated voice. The survey, published

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    New nav app set to put an end to time wasted in traffic jams

    For most people, live traffic information involves switching on Radio 2 and waiting for Sally Traffic to intervene on one of Steve Wright's senseless

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    Apple Maps is stranding drivers in the desert

    PA Australian police are warning motorists of the problems of using Apple Maps for navigation, after the app is stranding drivers. Motorists using the maps application and heading to the southern city of Mildura have found themselves in the

  • BusinessAOL

    Britons depend on sat navs

    More than ever before, motorists are ditching the traditional map and using technology to navigate themselves around the UK. New research from Halfords reveals two out of three motorists (68 per cent) admit to using sat navs for journeys they

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    Self-driving Audi makes traffic jams all calm

    Like the intriguingly titled World Series, which isn't a 'world' event at all but a cup for American rounders teams, so too is the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) misnamed. Held in America every year, the CES is a