Sunday, 1 October 2017

When a tanker vanishes, all the evidence points to Russia

quote [ In June, 37,000-tonne tanker vanished from GPS off the Russian coast. All the evidence points to Russia. But what's really going on?

Instead of displaying Atria's actual position, the ship's systems located it 25 to 30 miles away – at Gelendzhik airport. GPS disruptions aren't uncommon, Le Meur says, but most of the time when problems happen they're limited to a few hundred metres. ]

Self-piloting ships probably won't have a backup navigation system.

Driverless trucks and cars could have the same problem.

[SFW] [science & technology] [+3 Interesting]
[by HoZay]
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mechavolt said @ 1:39pm GMT on 2nd October
You also need an engine and wheels. Those things are required for autonomous driving to function, but can exist separately outside of it. Same with GPS. You might as well bring up self-driving cars anytime someone mentions windshields, gas prices, or seatbelts.

mechavolt said @ 1:39pm GMT on 2nd October
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