We use global positioning systems (GPS) for our sat navs and our mobile phones, and it's used extensively in aviation and shipping navigation.But what happens when it's disrupted? GPS jamming, when the signal isn't able to get through - and spoofing - which tricks the receiver into calculating a false position, is happening more and more.We look into the impact on the transportation sector - and on our everyday lives.Produced and presented by Gareth Mitchell(Image: An airline cockpit. Credit: Getty Images)
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Folge vom 12.09.2024Business Daily meets: DHL's CEO Tobias MeyerOne of the world's biggest logistics firms sits down with us to talk about freight costs, the German economy and his route to success. DHL employs more than half a million people globally. It was as US-based logistics firm when it started out, but by 2001 was owned by Deutsche Post.So how is the now German-based company navigating global economic challenges, including political tensions and conflicts?Produced and presented by Leanna Byrne(Image: Tobias Meyer. Credit: Getty Images)
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Folge vom 11.09.2024The pressure on prop makersWhat links the lightsabre, Scream mask and Wilson the volleyball? They’re all film props - objects that help bring stories to life on screen. Behind the scenes, they support a whole industry of specialist expertise.We speak to prop masters about the pressures on budgets and safety, following the death of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set by a prop gun.Produced and presented by Laura Heighton-Ginns(Image: Harry Potter's glasses on display in June 2021 at Prop Store in California, US. Credit: Getty Images)
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Folge vom 10.09.2024The Titanic: an enduring fascinationRMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 claiming the lives of more than 1500 people. Just over 700 survived the disaster. The events surrounding the sinking of the luxury ocean liner, the identities of those on board, plus the stories of heroism and heartbreak on the night have generated global fascination in the vessel, which continues to this day. And that interest in Titanic has generated huge commercial appeal and revenue - for writers, film and documentary makers, museums and auction houses.We examine how some mysteries surrounding the doomed ship continue to spawn so many, varied business ventures around the world - and the ethical questions that arise from the continued fascination in the Titanic story. (Picture: Woman looking down at some binoculars inside a glass case at a Titanic exhibition in Paris, France. Credit: Getty Images)Presented and produced by Russell Padmore