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Have mechanical clocks' time passed? [[Of Peripheral Interest]]
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 May 24, 15:53 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 May 24, 15:53 -0300
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22648777 No mention of GPS watches, at least not in the clip available worldwide. Perhaps one of our British colleagues can report back when they've viewed the whole program (programme). -- Richard Langley P.S.At UNB, we predicted the wrist locator in 1983. Here's a page from the Guide to GPS Positioning first published in 1986. The whole guide is downloadable from here (106 MB): http://gge.unb.ca/Pubs/LN58.pdf. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------