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Well, I've worked on one such geolocation device about the size of a grain of rice, and that was 30 years ago. It was a tracking device started by a former Isra
by bsenftner 6y ago
Well, I've worked on one such geolocation device about the size of a grain of rice, and that was 30 years ago. It was a tracking device started by a former Israeli military intelligence officer after his family was scattered in a terrorist attack and it was days before everyone could be accounted. This tracking device was the size of a pack of cigarettes' when in development, and by the time I left the company (late 1990) the company was being sold to the Israeli government and the device was the size of a grain of rice. It provided 3D location in an area via 3-way triangulation of telecommunication tower signals.
- bitwize 6y agoSmall enough to be snuck into a vaccine dose and secretly injected!
- aksss 6y agoWe talkin’ basmati or sushi rice? And how was it powered?
- bsenftner 6y agoIt was basically a miniaturized pager, powered by a tiny military watch type battery. The device was an ASIC, application specific integrated circuit, and it sat on the battery like a little bead.