posted on Jul, 22 2003 @ 09:19 AM
Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
And as I like Big Brother, I'll buy this new GPS device, designed to be be implanted inside a person.
Link
A quote from your link;
"Weak signal
Richard Langley, a GPS expert at the University of New Brunswick, in Canada, has followed the development of ADS's technology for some time. "I'm
still sceptical," he says.
"To get the entire GPS receiver, and in particular the antenna, under the skin is going to be extremely difficult," he told New Scientist. "Given
the current strength of the GPS signals, which are extremely weak, you can only shrink the antennas down so far until you don't have enough
sensitivity."
and now this, which I also posted on the Governemt programs forum..
"The US military has asked for $90 million of extra funding to increase the signal strength of its satellite Global Positioning System (GPS). The
Department of Defense says this would protect it from atmospheric interference and deliberate jamming.
Whether the funds will be awarded will be decided early in 2003. The money would be used to modify up to 20 new satellites, the first of which would
launch in 2004. The new satellites would be fully operational by 2006."
www.newscientist.com...
So, we have a problem..signal too weak for smaller antennas..and then the solution..supposedly to remedy a different problem but very
convenient..wouldn't you say?