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Inventing a new type of robot that can move without GPS
Inspired by desert ants, scientists at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University of Aix-Marseille have invented a new generation of robots…
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How does navigation device work?
The positioning devices are produced based on the principle of operation of the global positioning system GPS.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket punctured the Earth's ionosphere
Recently, scientists have discovered the Earth's ionosphere appears a giant hole with a diameter of up to 900km, an area of 1.77 million km2.
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How does cruise missiles work?
Perhaps many times you have heard about Tomahawk cruise missiles appearing on news and television sites. This is the strategic weapon of the United States and the first…
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How to not lose your flight like MH370
The technology to control aircraft by radar has hardly changed since the 1940s, ground stations cannot cover the range beyond the coast of 370 km. The disappearance of M…
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Why does GPS not find AirAsia aircraft missing?
Finding a missing plane is not as simple as looking for a phone. Furthermore, GPS on the plane as well as on the phone becomes useless when the plane crashes to the grou…
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Mystery inside Seiko Astron watch
Seiko Astron is an automatic solar (solar) watch that adjusts the world's first GPS technology.
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7 truths are extremely unbelievable about the world, but you are not sure
Knowledge changes over time, only the truth is always lasting. And historically, there have been facts that have been there for a long time and we still don't know.
Oceanography
Conquering white sharks weighing 1000kg
Scientists captured a white shark, anesthetized it, and attached a GPS positioning tag to its fins
Space science
No GPS, no Google Map - how do astronauts locate in the universe?
We are no stranger to GPS and Google Map, tools that tell us where we are on the surface of the Earth, at coordinates. And coordinates are shown by latitude and longitud…
Space science
China is about to launch a positioning satellite
According to the South China Morning Post, a Chinese aerospace website, the country has a plan to launch North Dau-3, its most advanced satellite at the end of this mont…
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The United States prepares to test Plasma bombs on the upper atmosphere
Sputnik cited the British journal New Scientist with an article saying that the US Air Force is preparing to detonate a plasma bomb on the upper atmosphere.
Space science
The most expensive cosmic projects on the planet
The desire to conquer the universe is always endless, despite the huge cost of serving great works in space.
Space science
Balance the earth again
Survey results made by GPS satellites show that the earth is heavier than it thought, probably because it is in the ring of dark matter.
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China upgraded the North Dau system
China said it would raise the satellite number of the North Pole positioning system to 30 by 2020 in an effort to improve accuracy to better compete against the US GPS n…