shannonclaude

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by shannonclaude 1y ago
Super cool! Have been a fan of this project for a while. I think this is super important for anyone who is trying to do ml inference on edge hardware, but also the browser too.
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
1. MagNav needs to be done continuously over a trajectory. Like GPS, it actually needs to be fused with INS data to work. Also GPS actually takes longer for a good lock on. What your phone is actually doing is sensor fusion (GPS + wifi, onb
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
They change over geological timescales—so not anytime soon. We're talking millions of years, w/ movement of tectonic plates and such. So for right now, once an area is mapped, its mapped for good. HOWEVER. Maps may need to be redr
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
Currently 20-40 pounds right now, but we're working to reduce the SWaP. MagNav does rely on having accurate magnetic anomaly maps, which the government and certain private companies have access to.
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
We're working on making MagNav a one stop shop backup for GPS. I think to cover ALL cases however, you'll need other technologies. TERCOM, visual, and celestial all have their niche use cases. But for most cases, MagNav should do
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
It's the Air Force's higher ed institution. They offer masters and PhDs. They have their own labs doing R&D.
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
So the role that magnetometers play in sensor fusion w/ IMU data is for yaw/heading/magnetic north estimation. In short, it aids your orientation (RPY estimate). However, with MagNav, they play a large role in supplying info
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
Magnetic-anomaly based navigation (MagNav) is a real thing that can solve this problem, and has been shown to work with the accuracy of a few hundred meters. Perhaps the government and defense contractors should look into this technology mo
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by shannonclaude 2y ago
+1 to the comments here. Part of the issue here is running these applications in Python. It's not really optimized to handle these loads and do DSP-based compute efficiently.
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by shannonclaude 3y ago
I mean why not just use ForScore on an IPad? It's the best solution available by far. I get this is probably a desktop app, so the comparison is not relevant.
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by shannonclaude 3y ago
Agreed—I got it just for that too!