Comment on To win the show Alone, could someone smuggle a GPS locator inside of their anus?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt only needs to be up there until the contestant has a chance to remove it off-camera.
Comment on To win the show Alone, could someone smuggle a GPS locator inside of their anus?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt only needs to be up there until the contestant has a chance to remove it off-camera.
dhork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Then that’s more feasible. It also means that it doesn’t have to try to operate while safely stowed. The contestant can remove it and then turn it on. They might even be able to strategically bury it somewhere. The small amount of dirt above it will attenuate the signal, but if buried in a place with an open view of the sky they will get a much stronger signal than they would in a building.
We are spoiled with how quickly the GPS in our phones work, but they already have a good idea where they are from the cell towers, and they can also get information on which satellites are in view from the Internet. If the GPS receiver had to work without access to those resources, it may take minutes to get a fix.
Then, it also has to get communicate the position data: if there is no cell service, that would have to be some sort of satellite communication or other long-range thing.