1

A Japanese team of researchers are working on a positioning system using muons, which could be used in places where GPS signals can't be received (such as underwater or underground).

The article discusses many of the challenges and reasons why it currently isn't ready for practical applications. But it certainly is a very interesting technology.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Lenguador@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

The approach requires multiple base stations, each in the path of a ray which is detected at both the station and receiver, and the receiver's position can only be known if there is communication with the stations.

[-] torturedllama@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago

Indeed. It seems this wouldn't be useful for applications where real-time position is needed. You would most likely do the calculation at a later time like in the Miikshi video. It's a little confusing from the article, but the video actually does a good job of explaining this limitation.

[-] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

They say they are working on the real-time calculation, as well as the accuracy. It's pretty early days for this still, so I imagine quite a few advances to come, and it may well supplement what we have right now, rather than being a standalone navigation system.

[-] torturedllama@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

It would make sense that eventually you could do both real-time and after-the-fact calculations depending on whether real-time communications is available. Presumably it will depend on the specific application

this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

37705 readers
79 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS