Skyhook Wireless - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Researching digital media and came across an MIT paper about innovation that describes the development of GPS (hard to believe the final Air Force GPS satellite went into orbit in 1993). Skyhook has received plenty of publicity and it's a great idea, but I can't help but laugh at the name and the story.
"As long as most Wi-Fi users haven't turned off their access points (or moved, or bought new ones), Skyhook delivers an address more reliably than the Pentagon, and with more precision."
We've gone from guiding ICBMs to Moscow to BMWs to Starbucks in 10 years.
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