Content by Benjamin Jones, Mohammad Ahmadpoor
Tracing the Links Between Basic Research and Real-World ApplicationsResearch and applications coexist in a tangled two-way ecosystem
Mon, 09/11/2017 - 12:03
What does hailing a ride with Uber have to do with 19th-century geometry and Einstein’s theory of relativity? Quite a bit, it turns out. Uber and other location-based mobile applications rely on GPS to link users with available cars nearby. GPS…