Researchers demonstrate centimetre-level positioning using smartwatches

34 pointsposted 7 days ago
by geox

10 Comments

nashashmi

an hour ago

I imagine a system where several devices broadcast their coordinates to each other, and this way each device knows how far it is from a device and approximates its location based on the distance and coordinate of the other device, then matches it with its own GPS to narrow its coordinate even further.

dzink

2 hours ago

Also possible use cases: Drones, Drone attacks on individuals with smartwatches, tracking of dissidents, these days you have to think about all possible angles.

jayd16

4 hours ago

Even with the stationary requirement, this is pretty neat.

One could imagine cheap turn-key devices that self locate and provide an accurate beacon for real time triangulation.

amelius

4 hours ago

> centimetre-level precision over four hours with a stationary setup

Ok, so does this really mean the smartwatch should not move for four hours?

bobthepanda

24 minutes ago

I mean it does demonstrate you can do it with something as small as a smartwatch

petermcneeley

3 hours ago

Cheap positioning for construction projects.

throwaway173738

an hour ago

Precision is not accuracy. I wouldn’t use this on a construction project without first setting a control point.

cwmoore

4 hours ago

How can this support the panopticon of public safety?

blurbleblurble

2 hours ago

Just one more piece of the behavior recognition and total sensor fusion puzzle. This can also be used to train passive RF based sensing techniques to be more accurate.