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How does your smartphone know your location?
Content Provider | TED Ed |
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Author | Virgo, Wilton L. |
Description | GPS location apps on a smartphone can be very handy when mapping a travel route or finding nearby events. But how does your smartphone know where you are? Wilton L. Virgo explains how the answer lies 12,000 miles over your head, in an orbiting satellite that keeps time to the beat of an atomic clock powered by quantum mechanics. |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Design Engineering Technology Mathematics Measurement Numbers & Operations Science Earth Science Space Science Social Studies Geography |
Content Type | Video Animation |
Time Required | PT5M3S |
Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX Class X |
Pedagogy | Lecture cum Demonstration |
Resource Type | Video Lecture |
Subject | Physical Geography Space Science Technical |