[access-uk] Satellite Location Device 'Accurate To Within A Metre
- From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:35:18 +0100
this sounds good doesn't it?
A prototype handheld device that uses next-generation satellite
technology to locate its holder to within a metre and speak the results
into an earpiece has been successfully tested, its Spanish inventors
have announced.
The 'MOMO' experiment could pave the way for talking location and
route-finding products for vision-impaired people about the size and
weight of a portable digital assistant (PDA). The user chooses options
from a spoken menu, entering their responses on a keypad.
The prototype has been developed by the Spanish company GMV
Sistemas on behalf of the European Space Agency, as part of a
programme to explore uses of the next generation European satellite
technology known as GALILEO.
To improve the accuracy of spatial information delivered to the user,
the MOMO device combines data from two sources: directly from
satellites, and also from ground-based computers over the mobile
phone network.
According to project leader Sara Gutiérrez-Lanza, the MOMO
technology could be developed into a commercial product in around
two years.
There are also other possible applications for the underlying
technology, she said. "MOMO is designed for pedestrians, but it could
also be integrated with public transport systems, such as the timetables
shown on information panels in buses and trains," she told E-Access
Bulletin.
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