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xkcd #2986: Every Scientific Field
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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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I watched some technical video the other day about a quantum guidance system and for a brief second I thought it might be a flat earther conspiracy because a handful of the field specific jargon in the beginning sounded made up.
Is that the quantum gravity detection thing? Basically a way to map the entire gravitational field of earth giving each 3D space a unique position without the need for GPS?
The specific one I was watching was just talking about dead reckoning based on the same principle, but mapping seems like it could be a natural next step for the tech.
Care to share a link to the video? A way of mapping the world without GPS sounds interesting
https://youtu.be/bFM9HHB9JXI?t=714
It was a clip from this video.
Super interesting, mind boggling concept, measuring atoms to determine your location 😵