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Darren
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 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:01 pm Post subject: Students Create Navigation System That Uses The Sun |
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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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DennisN
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| Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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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? 
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| Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:50 am Post subject: |
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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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DennisN
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They’re students, they don’t think of things like that!
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Kremmen
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A sun SatNav would be fine for me, I don't go out after lights out. 
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DennisN
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Hmm. I'm not allowed sharp things - even my new(ish) plastic teeth are blunt. 
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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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That's just how I feel sometimes
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