▲ 620 ▼ World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea (interestingengineering.com) submitted 1 month ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 1 month ago (4 children) Wait until you hear about compasses and maps! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hoherd@programming.dev 32 points 1 month ago (3 children) In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn't that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer permalink fedilink source parent [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago Wait until you hear about inertial navigation! permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoherd@programming.dev 32 points 1 month ago (3 children) In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn't that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer permalink fedilink source parent [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago Wait until you hear about inertial navigation! permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago Wait until you hear about inertial navigation! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses. permalink fedilink source parent