Got a smartphone or satnav but still can't get a fix on where you are?A new positioning system could compete with GPS to make sure you never lose your bearings again.
Instead of satellites,Locata uses ground-based equipment to project a radio signal over a localised area that is a million times stronger on arrival than GPS.It can work indoors as well as out,and the makers claim the receivers can be shrunk to fit inside a regular cellphone.Even the US military,which invented GPS technology,signed a contract at the end of last year agreeing to a large-scale test of Locata at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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