Indoor localisation and positioning systems (IPS) have emerged as pivotal technologies for determining the positions of objects and individuals within complex indoor environments, where conventional ...

A dozen years ago, not many individuals outside of the military had ever heard of global positioning system (GPS) technology. Today, it’s in virtually every new car and smartphone, and many people ...

No audio available for this content. VBOX indoor positioning beacon atop a car. (Photo: Racelogic) Racelogic demonstrated a new VBOX solution for accurate position and velocity in the absence of any ...

No audio available for this content. Racelogic, the company behind VBOX and LabSat GNSS simulators, has recently launched the VBOX Indoor Positioning System (VIPS) in response to customers’ developing ...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) has come a long way since it was developed in 1973. Today, anybody with an equipped wireless handset automatically receives signals from 24 GPS satellites in orbit ...

The satellite-based global positioning system has revolutionised the way humans interact with our planet. But a serious weakness is that GPS doesn’t work indoors. Consequently, researchers and ...

In today’s world, the real-time location systems (RTLS) market is expected to reach $8.79 billion by 2023. This implies that indoor positioning systems (IPS) are not a luxurious feature for indoor ...

For all of their awesome applications -- from portable navigation devices, to self-driving cars, to cruise missile targeting -- the American Global Positioning System and its Russian cohort GLONASS ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartphone navigation apps have given people a greater sense of personal freedom, allowing them to efficiently venture from one unfamiliar place to another, still ...

A supermarket in France has become the first in the world to install an "indoor positioning system" created by Philips. The LED-based technology acts like a sat-nav for shoppers, providing in-store ...

Echolocation has worked helped bats navigate for millions of years, and now Berkeley researchers think your laptop could do it too. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...