In light of the award just picked up by British company SciTech, i thought it would be appropriate for me to look at the future of the Satellite Navigation. The competition they won shows appreciation for the smaller scale businesses which make use of the Galileo satellite positioning system.
Galileo is a fairly new project and was designed to outperform the current systems in operation as it covers a larger range and is more accurate.
When someone mentions sat-nav, the first thing people think of is a box which you put in your car which tells you directions from one place to another. This is the most common use of the system and the European Satellite Navigation Competition seeks to find new and innovative methods of using the Galileo system.
During the past six months the use of satellite navigation systems within peoples cars has dramatically risen and now a significant amount of people own one. Personally I think the idea of branching out into different areas which put the satellite navigation to use is a brilliant idea and it can be used for many different things.
The winning team in the competition had created a system which is put into a lifejacket. Once the lifejacket is inflated the system automatically turns on and it allows the people to be located. It also includes a communication system which allows the person to then talk to someone to give them even more details about their location. The unique thing about this system as opposed to other similar products available, is that it will be able to show the exact location of the person in the water, whereas previously it could only be seen where they left the boat and entered the water.
A similar product to this on the market is one which is used for diabetic people. It’s an ‘auto injecting’ pen which is used after the patient has suffered an anaphylactic shock, fitted with a sat nav device which informs a local center via a mobile phone network which then allows them to get instant medical attention.
In the future of satellite devices I can envisage them being placed into humans in a ‘Big Brother’ manner which will allow people to be located at all times. It could be used as an alternative to having an electronic tag on a criminals leg, it could be placed inside them and this means they would not be able to remove it easily. They could also place the device inside criminals released from jail so the police can track them at all times.
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