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Millimeter accurate GPS. I played with survey grade equipment for a day and it's crazy. Being able to repeatably measure positions and distances down to millim
by wronex 6y ago
Millimeter accurate GPS.
I played with survey grade equipment for a day and it's crazy. Being able to repeatably measure positions and distances down to millimeters feels like magic. Imagine a VR headset that doesn't need trackers, a vacuum cleaner without camera/lidar, and so much more we can't even imagine without access to the technology. It's probably more than five years out though.
- danoloan 6y agowhen your vacuum cleaner breaks your toes because it lost its GPS signal and went rogue jokes aside it's fascinating that technology is even possible
- wronex 6y agoHehe GPS was never meant for that kind of accuracy. The reliabily is terrible today. It's a very cool hack but it will break your toes sooner rather than later.
- samkater 6y agoHaha, I think the HN submissions will be more along the lines of "How I spoofed a GPS signal to get my neighbor's automated lawn mower to cut my grass"
- detaro 6y agoRelated to that: high-precision indoor positioning piggybacking of WLAN etc.
- domano 6y agoWorked in that space for a year and boy is indoor positioning with wifi or Bluetooth unreliable. I bet on it never making it, especially with all the other possibilities for indoor positioning opening up.
- panabee 6y agowhat do you think are the likeliest technologies to power indoor positioning within 5 years?
- domano 6y agoLaser & Lidar and also straight up GPS for many big buildings. My robot vacuum with lasers has better indoor positioning than we ever managed to come close to in ideal conditions.
- detaro 6y agoWith the Wifi standard extensions to allow time-of-flight, or the "old-fashioned" signal strength methods?
- andi999 6y agoI thought GPS signal is scrambled (artificial noise added) for national security purposes.