Tern AI offers a groundbreaking GPS alternative that utilizes only map information and existing vehicle sensor data rather than satellite signals. This innovative approach promises to reduce costs and improve accuracy, addressing the issues caused by GPS failures that can lead to significant financial losses in businesses relying on accurate positioning. At SXSW, co-founder Brett Harrison emphasized the technology's potential to transform navigation and positioning, particularly in light of vulnerabilities associated with GPS, which can be exploited by foreign adversaries and impact critical systems such as aviation and disaster response.
We've all experienced that moment of frustration when the GPS glitches and you miss an exit on the highway. The team at Tern AI, which is building a low-cost GPS alternative, says that's because the current technology is limited by its reliance on satellite positioning.
Harrison says this breakthrough is important for a number of reasons. From a commercial standpoint, companies that rely on GPS - including ride-hail apps to delivery companies - lose time, money, and gas every time their drivers have to double back because of faulty GPS positioning.
More importantly, our most critical systems such as aviation to disaster response to precision farming rely on GPS. Foreign adversaries have already demonstrated that they can spoof GPS signals, which could have catastrophic impacts both on the economy and national security.
No triangulation, no satellites, no WiFi, nothing. We just figure out where we are as we drive, ' Brett Harrison, co-founder and president, told TechCrunch while Cyrus Behroozi, senior software developer at Tern, loaded up the demo on his iPhone.
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