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It appears that this is using coincidence detection to locate objects, surface boundaries, etc. relative to a fixed array of sensors. In order to use this as a
by mikewarot 3y ago
It appears that this is using coincidence detection to locate objects, surface boundaries, etc. relative to a fixed array of sensors. In order to use this as an underwater location sensor, you'd have to have some communications channel that could time the arrival of muons and correlate them with detections at known fixed locations. I fail to see how this would provide global position.
The referenced paper[1] does not address clock distribution, nor the distribution of detection data for correlation into position information.
Unless the researchers have a reliable, atomically timed source of cosmic ray pulses that can be known a-priori, I fail to see how this could be used to determine global location, except post facto, when all data could be correlated, and the previous locations determined.
Thus, I fail to see this as a viable candidate for replacing the global positioning system, at this time.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223010775?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422...
- SiempreViernes 3y agoIt does address clock distribution, though the distribution method is sneakernet, in other words "synchronise clocks at one location, then walk away and come back with it".
- abwizz 3y agofeels like the requirements of precision over time (clockdrift) put limits on the usefulness of this method
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