Caffeine and Ants: A Potential Game Changer in Pest Control
Caffeine increases the navigational efficiency of Argentine ants towards sugary baits, suggesting a new method to enhance the effectiveness of pest control efforts. Research on…
Navigation News
Navigation refers to the process and techniques used to determine the position and course of an object or individual relative to a particular destination. This concept is integral in various domains, such as maritime, aerial, and terrestrial transportation. Traditional methods of navigation include the use of maps, compasses, and celestial bodies like the sun and stars. In modern times, navigation has become highly sophisticated with the advent of technology such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), which uses satellite signals to provide precise location and time information anywhere on Earth. Other technological advances include inertial navigation systems and automated navigation using AI and machine learning, enhancing accuracy and reliability in complex environments. Navigation is crucial not only for travel and transport but also plays a vital role in fields like military operations, emergency services, and geophysical research.
Soaring Beyond GPS: How Quantum Photonic Chips Can Revolutionize Drone Navigation
Researchers aim to leverage the quantum technique of weak value amplification to replace the gyroscopes in drones. Researchers at the University of Rochester are developing…
800-Year-Old Math Trick Could Help With Navigating the Moon
Navigation systems suitable for lunar surface exploration to chart future expeditions. Kamilla Cziráki, a geophysics student from the Faculty of Science at Eötvös Loránd University…
Muon Magic: Groundbreaking Technology Enables Navigation in Places GPS Can’t Reach
Innovative technology allows for navigation in areas where GPS can’t reach. In a reported global first, researchers from the University of Tokyo have used superfast,…
More Accurate Than GPS: New Navigation System With 10 Centimeter Accuracy
Researchers have developed an alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings. An alternative positioning system that is…
High-Tech Quantum Sensors: Navigating When GPS Goes Dark
High-tech quantum sensors could guide vehicles without satellites, if they can handle the ride. When talking about quantum inertial sensors, words like “tough” or “rugged”…
Navigation Neuroscience: How a Fly’s Brain Calculates Its Position in Space
Navigation doesn’t always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating…
This Curious Device Could Usher In GPS-Free Navigation
Sandia shows advanced wayfinding tech could finally become compact, fieldable. Don’t let the titanium metal walls or the sapphire windows fool you. It’s what’s on…
AI That Can Learn Cause-and-Effect: These Neural Networks Know What They’re Doing
A certain type of artificial intelligence agent can learn the cause-and-effect basis of a navigation task during training. Neural networks can learn to solve all…
Predicting Traffic Crashes Before They Happen With Artificial Intelligence
A deep model was trained on historical crash data, road maps, satellite imagery, and GPS to enable high-resolution crash maps that could lead to safer…
Working Overtime: NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Successfully Completes Mission
Geared toward improving spacecraft navigation, the technology demonstration operated far longer than planned and broke the stability record for atomic clocks in space. For more…
Galileo Navigation Satellites’ Last Step Before Launch
Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation constellation is set to grow. Later this year the first two out of 12 ‘Batch 3’ Galileo satellites will be launched…
Insect-Inspired Motion Sensing – Researchers Create Miniaturized Mechanical Gyroscope
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to demonstrate a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor…
Yale Engineers Develop a Shape-Shifting Navigation Device for the Visually Impaired
Researchers from Yale University have developed a shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired. Combine mechanical engineering, experimental theater, and an old…