Toasted Dolphin

"Disregarding Intel’s proclivity to dub their chips with ethereal names, the latest chip offering from Broadcom Corp. is simply called the BCM4752. Broadcom reports that the chip communicates with four different satellite constellations, which means access to the 59 satellites hovering over our heads, in addition to cellphone towers. It establishes indoor positioning by pulling from a bunch of different wireless sources, like Wi-Fi, near field communication (NFC), and inertial sensors plus its built to capitalize on emergent technologies, like Bluetooth beacons and 5G Wi-Fi access points (using the new 802.11ac standard even though everyone is still catching up with 802.11n). The more precise vertical and horizontal positioning is accomplished by communicating with a host of various sensors, like accelerometers, step counters, gyroscopes, altimeters, and magnetometers."

http://singularityhub.com/2012/04/19/ne ... buildings/

Until it starts sampling from failing or flaky devices.

Royal wrote:

Yeah. Like don't carry a cell phone.