Modern navigation systems rely heavily on satellite timing, and that dependence has become a growing vulnerability. GPS ...
NTP is one of the most interesting and important, but all to forgotten, protocols that makes the internet tick. Accurate ...
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Brutal 125 mph gusts triggered rare power failure at US atomic clock facility
A severe windstorm in Colorado triggered a power failure at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ...
Due to the power outage, time (very) briefly stood still at the NIST Internet Time Service facility in Boulder.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Have you ever wondered how the GPS in your phone or your car and pinpoint your location with such accuracy? It’s a matter of time atomic time, to be precise. The triangulation of ...
The goal of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) program is to provide warfighters with enhanced radio communications and jam-resistant navigation ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power ...
The disruption affected radio broadcasts and internet time servers used by nearly every internet-connected device, including ...
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. But apparently that’s not accurate enough – nuclear clocks could steal their thunder, speeding up ...
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