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Students Create Navigation System That Uses The Sun
Article by: Darren Griffin
Date: 25 Apr 2019
A team of design and engineering students from Imperial College and the RCA have developed an open-source navigation system that relies on the sun instead of GPS satellites.
Named Aweigh, the system is similar to the way in which a sextant, used for hundred of years as a navigation tool, works. Aweigh can also be used on cloudy days, requires no internet connection to operate and, unlike satellite navigation, cannot be jammed or spoofed!
The prototype has a Raspberry Pi computer at its core but the designers hope that others will take the open source design and develop it further. Full instructions on how to build your own are provided.
Source: aweigh.io
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 Posted by DennisN on Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:35 pm |
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Don't you think it is an unfortunate coincidence that the system is named Aweigh in light of the current hoo hah about Huawei? 
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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| Posted by mikeyt on Sun Apr 28, 2019 9:50 am |
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What if you are traveling at night? Will we need a system to navigate by the stars?
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| Posted by DennisN on Sun Apr 28, 2019 1:09 pm |
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They’re students, they don’t think of things like that!
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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| Posted by DennisN on Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:56 pm |
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Hmm. I'm not allowed sharp things - even my new(ish) plastic teeth are blunt. 
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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| Posted by M8TJT on Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:50 pm |
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| Kremmen Wrote: | A sun SatNav would be fine for me, I don't go out after lights out.  |
And I thought that it was during the day that you 'rested' in your nice warm coffin K.
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