Quantum sensing could become the next foundation of navigation
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GPS is reliable until someone interferes with the signal. Quantum X Labs scientist Nir Sharon (also associate professor at Tel Aviv University) argues quantum gyroscopes and miniaturized atomic clocks can reduce the cumulative error that has always limited dead reckoning, giving autonomous vehicles, aircraft, and defense platforms intrinsic navigation that retains useful positioning when satellites are unavailable. The company has scientific prototypes in the lab and is working to translate them toward product applications.
GPS has become so embedded in modern life that its infrastructure is almost invisible. A driver opens a map, an aircraft follows its navigation system, or an autonomous machine calculates its position, and the underlying infrastructure disappears from view. Nir Sharon, Chief Quantum Technology Scientist at Quantum X Labs and an associate professor of applied mathematics at Tel Aviv University, argues that this apparent reliability conceals a structural weakness.
“The problem with GPS is...
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