Tag: northern lights
Instagram inspires holiday choices, claims easyJet
Instagram has become the travel brochure of choice for many Britons, with more than half (55%) of us booking trips abroad after being inspired by images we've seen on social media, a survey has suggested. Research for easyJet also found nearly one in three travellers (32%) said their biggest priority when considering a foreign destination…
Sat navs sent haywire by Northern Lights
Scientists have discovered that the the effects of the Northern Lights on the Earth’s atmosphere can cause sat navs to go wrong.
Researchers from the University of Bath showed that the electromagnetic interference interrupts signals from GPS satellites to the in-car devices, meaning that sat navs either state faulty positions or lose their places altogether…
