Designers Release 'Aweigh', An Open Source Alternative to GPS

guest · Apr 27, 2019

Designers Release 'Aweigh', An Open Source Alternative to GPS
RCA postgraduates create open navigation system inspired by insect eyes
April 23, 2019
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/23/rca-aweigh-navigation-system-design/

A team of student designers and engineers from the RCA and Imperial College have designed an open-source alternative to GPS, called Aweigh, that does not rely on satellites.
Instead, the device calculates a user's position using the sun – a feature inspired by the polarised vision of insects.

They said that Aweigh can even work on a cloudy day when the sun is not in view, and unlike devices that use satellites, such as smartphones, Aweigh functions offline so a user's positional data cannot be leaked through the internet.

The device's custom circuit-board that reads light values to find the sun, is powered by Raspberry Pi, a tiny computer that is specifically designed to educate users about coding.
The circuit board can be modified to customise interactions and the team imagine the device could work with older navigation tools like maps, and satellite navigation tools, by replacing the GPS chip.
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EASTER · Apr 27, 2019

Now THAT "IS" interesting.

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