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→ New Tech Targets GPS’s Navigation Supremacy
spectrum.ieee.org/optical-gyro

“[T]hey created a solid-state #gyroscope small enough to fit on a grain of rice. Like the optical gyroscopes that appeared before it, this gyroscope leveraged the #Sagnac effect”

“[T]his method does not rely on external signals, it is immune to electromagnetic interference, vibration, and cyberattacks via an open communication channel—making it an ideal solution for applications where #GPS is unreliable or completely denied”

IEEE Spectrum · Gyroscope-on-a-Chip Targets GPS’s DominanceBy Willie D. Jones

4-min clip from the 1997 Robert Zemeckis 'Contact' based on the 1985 by Carl Sagan.

Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jody Foster) enters the great , opening up a . devices have factored heavily in & , going all the way back to & , pre-1900.

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=scBY3cVyey
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(19

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This is the same day where the #Gyroscope founders sent a whiny e-mail complaining how they lost money the last year due to them integrating useless LLM integrations into their app and racking up a crazy bill and now «everyone needs to chip in».

I'm sorry, I never asked for spicy autocomplete in my app, thankyouverymuch.