Fifteen years and a
new chip tracker has come largely been put on hold could be used in small areas
cost effect way to allow them to locate any area efficiently even if the GPS
system is damaged or unavailable' this is in both the structural layer of the
sensors and the integrated package are made of silica,' said Andrei Shkel, The DARPA program manager.
The
resulting chip is small enough and should be robust enough for applications
when GPS is unavailable or limited for a short period of time such as personnel
tracking, handheld navigation, small diameter munitions and small airborne
platforms.' GPS has become a part of everyday life for most of us, with phones,
cars, boats and planes relying on the network of satellites to pinpoint their
location. However, the US military has revealed a tiny chip, small enough to
fit on a penny, which could do away with power consumption devices like
phones for mapping. For an example it could be put into a watch as it can have huge range of mapping
applications all set to aid directions.
This new chip integrates state-of-the-art devices that can measure all three simultaneously. The sensors and a timing unit are all in a tiny 10 cubic millimetre package. Each of the six micro fabricated layers of the TIMU is only 50 microns thick, approximately the thickness of a human hair. 'Combined, these tools can track what direction the chip is moving and how fast, and its tiny size means it can be put on just about anything without much effect on its weight or shape,' says DARPA, the US military research agency. The chip takes up just 10 cubic millimetres, and as the picture shows, fits neatly into the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a penny. It contains three gyroscopes and three accelerometers (one of both for each directional axis), and a highly accurate master clock.
The device is so small it could even be placed in bullets and small missiles. As there is no need for to connect with a powerful or expensive network within orbit as it is its own base station can be use around earth. The tiny chip can do all that can track its location without the use of satellites. This system developed to target weapons if GPS system is unavailable like remote mountains. Tiny chip contains three gyroscopes, three accelerometers and a master clock. It could also be used in consumer sat navigation as a backup. The tiny chip contains three gyroscopes, three accelerometers and a master clock, and when combined with computer software, can work out exactly where it is going.
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