TAG: indoor localization

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Smart speakers need localization techniques

March 26, 2020

Smart speakers such as the Amazon Alexa or Google Home haven’t mastered determining user location in the home. […]


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Mathematicians found a method to hear the shape of a room using four microphones mounted on a drone. Pictured: Mireille Boutin. (Photo: Purdue University)

A drone can hear the shape of a room

March 24, 2020

With a speaker and four microphones, drones can echolocate like bats Mathematicians at Purdue University in West Lafayette, […]


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Source: GPS World

Innovation: Indoor positioning using wearable ultra-wideband antennas

April 9, 2018

Body Fitting
Ultra-wideband is being used in a novel microwave imaging and localization system, one which features Antonio Vivaldi’s namesake antenna.


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