Many pilots of ships and planes are acquainted with inertial navigation systems. Given a known starting location, they precisely sense acceleration in all three dimensions and, knowing that, can keep track of the vehicle’s position relative to that starting position.
This article describes a new way of precisely measuring acceleration. The article, like typical technical articles written for publicity purposes, begins with a snazzy picture and talks about what the gadget could do, and about the project sponsors. the excitement, etc.
It will be useful in space navigation................
Yes, just an improved INS.
Good thing to have for when the GPS is down.