It’s a hot-hot market, with millions of GPS devices out there, and it still boils down to a claim that they are useless. Oh! Maybe that was harsh. If you use a GPS device then you know how useful it is. But have you tried your positioning unit in underground markets and parking lots? If you have, you know what I mean, but if you haven’t, there is no point trying it either – the navigation device stops working down there and it is just useless. Aichi Steel, a Japan-based firm has recognized the catch and is out working on a combination of technologies to invent a replacement for GPS, as a navigation device for all places on Earth. The new device in the works will not depend on the line of sight to satellites like the present-day GPS devices; rather it’ll use a geomagnetic sensor and an acceleration sensor in order to provide six axes of motion detection, whereby it shall determine the location. The technology once out rolling could make a great mishmash with GPS for the best possible navigation solution, but we will have to wait until 2009 to see this commercialized.
Via: TechRadar
