[LINK] New centimeter-accurate GPS system from mobile size antenna

[Andy Farkas]

On 08/05/15 12:38, David Lochrin wrote:
> On 2015-05-06 13:46 Stephen Loosley wrote:
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>> Additionally, the researchers believe their technology could make a significant difference in people's daily lives, including transportation, where centimeter-accurate GPS could lead to better vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
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>> "If your car knows in real time the precise position and velocity of an approaching car that is blocked from view by other traffic, your car can plan ahead to avoid a collision," Humphreys said.
> Of course that's until your GPS receiver drives into a signal dead-spot or loses the thread altogether in a built-up area like a city.  Or the controlling nation switches it off during an international emergency, or their enemy manages to disable it, or hackers get into it (what a target!)...
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> Call me a cynic, but I think it's just another technology looking for a market.  Unfortunately that doesn't necessarily mean it won't become a reality.
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Search for 'daimler driverless truck'.

http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-899449-1-1810863-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html

-andyf