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Ah, they are talking about an inertial measuring unit. Basically, by measuring all acceleration you’ve experienced you can calculate your change in position. They can’t determine absolute position though, only relative, so this doesn’t so much replace GPS as assist it.
Now they just need to shrink that into a phone and we’re good.
It may be the size of a wardrobe now, but remember this?
I think the problem is of keeping the rubidium atoms at near zero. I wonder what the future will look like once they can shrink it down to the size of a handheld device.
This is great if it replaces GPS there will be less space junk.
