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How does GPS work?
With GPS navigation devices in everything from cars to your smartphone, you may not also realize that GPS satellites can also synchronize time down to the nanosecond, and detect nuclear explosions!
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Latest Galileo Pieces in Orbit
We’re still a decade away from being able to drive around using Galileo navigation to guide us, but a few days ago the two newest pieces of the EU’s improved version of GPS were launched into orbit....
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The World’s Oldest Computer
It consists of gear wheels and a crank, was found in a 2,000 year old shipwreck off the coast of Greece, and is being described as the world’s first computer. Discovered over 100 years ago by a group...
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Humans Navigate Naturally With Built-In GPS
Humans have a built-in neural map, and it’s shaped like a honeycomb. How did you manage to navigate to the place you are sitting right now as you read this? If you are in a familiar place like your...
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