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Thursday, 04/25/2013 1:44:15 PM

Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:44:15 PM

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"Starting in 2010, DARPA has been working on a variety of programs aimed at developing new navigation and positioning technology -- at first with the goal of extending their reach to places where satellites don't work, such as underwater.

But now, amid fears of over-reliance on -- and possible vulnerabilities with -- global positioning satellites, experts are looking to create not just a companion, but an alternative to GPS.

To that end, researchers at DARPA and the University of Michigan have created a new system that works without satellites to determine position, time and direction, all contained within a eight-cubic-millimeter chip."

"The tiny chip holds three gyroscopes, three accelerometers and an atomic clock, which, together, work as an autonomous navigation system"

http://www.france24.com/en/20130425-us-army-seeks-new-technology-replace-gps

IJO, fyi, I just found out bad personal news before our meet. I was not in the best of moods. My appologies.

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