Using neuroimaging and virtual reality (VR), researchers found two brain areas that help maintain a sense of direction while ...

I'm not knocking the use of GPS; however, using a GPS afloat is quite different from automobile navigation. To know where you are and what's under you and around you, you need a chart. From GPS ...

Researchers from NASA’s Frontier Development Lab (FDL) and Intel are proposing a way to navigate on a new planet using artificial intelligence (AI). The researchers presented their planetary ...

The United States Navy is once again teaching celestial navigation to its officers, despite the advancements in GPS technology. Why should this ancient art and science be revived?

A new GPS app is enabling people with visual impairments to use satellite technology to navigate their way around the world. The revolutionary app includes cross-streets, particular points of ...

Long before GPS, explorers used the stars to cross oceans and deserts. Here’s how they turned the night sky into a map.