[time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Brad Parkinson: GPS for Humanity

[Volker Esper]

oh, well, very interesting and delighting
Thanks, Hal!


Am 02.02.2013 09:51, schrieb Hal Murray:
> Stanford has an Engineering Heroes program.
>    http://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes
> Brad Parkinson was elected last year.  This is the video of his talk last May.
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> In case you don't recognize the name, he's the Father of GPS.  No surprise,
> but he's a very good speaker.
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> Bradford Parkinson "GPS for Humanity" - Stanford Engineering Hero Lecture
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6I6wFf-X_c
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> His PhD is from Stanford and he is now Professor Emeritus.  In between, he
> was in the Air Force managing the GPS program and teaching at Stanford.
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> It's a high level talk, far from focused on geeky technical details.  Several
> times his slides said GP(t)S to remind people about time.  He mentioned
> jammers and LightSquared and common view.
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