Coming to an iPhone near you! Just keep the phone in the deep, deep freeze each night?
Will it suffer from relativistic effects at near light speeds?
Too late.
The Big Bang team got there first.
But Kripke improved it.
;-)
Why do they call it a compass?
This article says the atoms are cooled with lasers.
http://www.m2lasers.com/quantum_compass_could_allow_navigation_without_relying_on_satellites.html
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Nerds!
This gives me a headache so, it feels better to just yell out Nerds!
I read the article, and unless I missed something, this is not a compass, which merely indicates direction. It is superior to GPS, which means it’s a complete navigation system with comparable output such as direction, speed, elevation, time etc.
The fact that it is self contained, that is not depending on satellites or another outside reference, does make it quite a gem if it is a accurate as they claim.
I did not notice if it is EMP proof.
GPS works fine.
Its amazing that even here at FR there are people who don’t understand the need for this.
They can have my Cammenga when they pry it out of my...
Who am I fooling? I still haven’t figured out how to use that thing.
All I need is a small saucer, some water, a piece of cork, a needle and a magnet. From that and the sky I can navigate anywhere.
Helps knowing where things are ahead of time so I’ll take a map as well.
I’ll wait for the Wrist strap version...................