What in the world is powerful enough to alter the Earth's rotation? You guessed it - WATER!

Earth’s rotation rate is changing after 3.6 million years due to melting polar ice sheets and glaciers that are redistributing huge amounts of water around the planet.

As a result, days are getting longer by ~ 1.33 milliseconds per century, and this is important b/c GPS satellites, spacecraft, and scientific instruments all rely on extremely accurate measurements of Earth’s rotation. https://tech.supercarblondie.com/earth-rotation-rate-changing-affect-gps/ #Earth #EarthRotation #ClimateChange #PolarIceSheets #Gaciers #Cceans #SeaLevelRising #Water #Space #Satellites #Navigation #AirTravel #SpaceCraft #SpaceFlight

Isometric Navigation | Game Creator 2 #Highlight #Gc2 #Gamecreator #Preview #Navigation #Isometric #Path #Route #Bg3 #AssetStore

https://u3dn.com/packages/isometric-navigation-game-creator-2-319421

Digital Sovereignty in the EU: Workflow for Security-Critical Chips

Globalfoundries Dresden manufactures a GNSS chip from the Dutch company Qualinx, with designs, data, and wafers remaining entirely within the EU.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Digital-Sovereignty-in-the-EU-Workflow-for-Security-Critical-Chips-11330910.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #EU #Globalfoundries #GPS #Halbleiterindustrie #IT #Navigation #news

Digitale Souveränität in der EU: Workflow für sicherheitskritische Chips

Globalfoundries Dresden fertigt einen GNSS-Chip der niederländischen Firma Qualinx, wobei Entwürfe, Daten und Wafer vollständig in der EU bleiben.

https://www.heise.de/news/Digitale-Souveraenitaet-in-der-EU-Workflow-fuer-sicherheitskritische-Chips-11330819.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #EU #Globalfoundries #GPS #Halbleiterindustrie #IT #Navigation #news

  Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones

｢ Where GPS depends on a satellite signal, VPS works out where a camera is by matching what it sees against a detailed 3D model of the world. Two recognizable reference points a few pixels wide can be enough to fix a location ｣

https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/

#pokemongo #privacy #drones #navigation

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🚶‍♂️↪️ University of #Navarra and University of #Tokyo researchers noticed people #walking in open spaces consistently drift counterclockwise.

They tested crowds, individuals, #VR, even people pretending one leg was broken, and the left-turn bias kept appearing. Nobody knows why, and #kids show an even stronger version of it.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/10/humans-prefer-to-walk-anticlockwise-scientists-find-reason-unclear

#science #psychology #behavior #spain #japan #biology #brain #biomechanics #navigation #research #children #nature #experiment #humans

Pokémon Go: 30 Milliarden Spieler-Scans landen in US-Militärdrohnen

Niantic nutzte Pokémon-Go-Scans für ein visuelles Navigationssystem – jetzt setzt ein US-Rüstungskonzern die Technik ein.

https://www.telepolis.de/article/Pokemon-Go-30-Milliarden-Spieler-Scans-landen-in-US-Militaerdrohnen-11329208.html?wt_mc=sm.red.tp.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenschutz #Drohnen #GPS #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Navigation #Überwachung #news

Another one from the archive, written post-lockdown when I was enjoying getting out and getting lost.

"I don’t always want to pinpoint my precise location. I resent being enslaved by a little blue route line that I’ve uploaded on to my Garmin. There are times when I want simply to pick a direction and see where it takes me, to get lost and experience whatever happens – the good and the bad."

https://www.mattpedals.bike/the-lost-art-of-getting-lost/

#biketooter #cycling #maps #navigation

🌐 soulteary/docker-flare

Creates self-hosted navigation pages with minimal resource usage, offering online editing and Material Design Icons

⭐ Stars: 2139
📅 Last Update: Jun 10, 2026

https://github.com/soulteary/docker-flare

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #navigation