Thales develops Indoor Positioning System based on UWB
By Darren Murph | December 13, 2007
Filed under: GPS
Thales — the French aerospace company that brought us MILTRAK — has rolled out yet another impressive development, this time aiding firefighters, cops and armed forces in tracking objects / people while indoors. Its Indoor Positioning System (IPS) is essentially “an indoor form of satellite navigation,” and while we’ve heard of similar, this iteration is based around ultra-wideband. Notably, the company insinuated that it hoped to bring the technology to police forces and military platoons in the future, and if things go smoothly, consumers could actually see it used in GPS-enabled mobiles in order to provide navigation services in more places. Unfortunately, it seems as though Thales is still working on completing the new system, so we wouldn’t get all hopeful for a commercial release anytime soon.
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