The response the "Biggest Drawing in the World" in the blogosphere (noted here at APB, with appropriate skepticism in the comments) helped get clarification (it was there, in red, yesterday) from its creator. In particular, that the drawing was not made by a suitcase holding a GPS that travelled the globe on DHL vessels. As suggested by many, GPS wouldn't work inside a suitcase inside a plane/boat. And, the paths tracked don't make any sense; some stop in the middle of the ocean. Video below.
Also this month, the Air Force withdrew, at least temporarily, an ad that included misleading narration suggesting a single strike against a single satellite could take down cell phones, crash bank machines and disable GPS navigation. Again, the blogosphere pointed out the misleading part (it'd take downing several satellites to do those things). Video below.
These are great stories for instructors to use to help students understand how technology works and to highlight that you can't believe everything you read or see in a video!
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