autoevolution

Mars Rover Found a Way to Locate Itself With No GPS Access and Zero Human Help

American space agency NASA announced it found a new way to allow the Perseverance rover to determine its position on Mars by itself.
Space.com

NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a powerful new ability to determine its exact location on the Red Planet without ...
cerebral-overload

NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars

There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance determine precisely where it is — without human help. Imagine you’re all alone, driving along ...
Tech Xplore

How can you rescue a 'kidnapped' robot? New AI system helps robots regain their sense of location

Mobile robots must continuously estimate their position to navigate autonomously. However, satellite-based navigation systems are not always reliable: signals may degrade near buildings or become ...

TikTok Gone Local? How to Turn Off the New Local Feed and GPS Settings

Over 1.5 billion people use TikTok to see content from across the world — whether it's comedy, cooking, fashion, music, ...
Space.com

Gladys West, GPS pioneer and one of NASA's famed 'Hidden Figures,' dies at 95

From a childhood and young adulthood in segregation, West excelled academically and eventually helped model the Earth’s shape. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
The Washington Post

Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.

As a young girl in the Jim Crow-era South, Gladys West passed the time counting fenceposts, dreaming of life beyond her family farm south of Richmond. Each day, she walked three miles to a segregated ...
Harvard Business Review

For Multinational Companies, Localization Matters More Than Ever

For decades, multinational companies treated localization as a surface-layer adjustment. They tweaked marketing, packaging, or pricing to suit regional tastes. But in today’s fractured world, such ...
wtvr

Gladys West, mathematician whose work made GPS possible, dies at 95

RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician whose groundbreaking work made GPS possible, has died at the age of 95. West passed away over the weekend surrounded by family and friends. Born on a ...
Engadget

Dr. Gladys West, whose mathematical models inspired GPS, dies at 95

Pioneering mathematician Dr. Gladys West has passed away at the age of 95. Her name may not be familiar to you, but her contributions certainly are; West's work laid the foundation for the global ...
Ars Technica

GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it

In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was ...
The New York Times

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region. By Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev Riley Mellen and Anatoly ...