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World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] hoherd@programming.dev 28 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn't that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago

And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago

All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.

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