Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, national security

Re:Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, nati... by omneity on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:54PM (#23105926)

> What experience is 5G, assuming you actually have access to it, going to improve?

Remotely operated robotics due to the much lower latency. Think near instant reaction times while operating a drone with VR goggles, and all the implication this could have.

Also many other use cases become more feasible:

- Self driving cars with human fallbacks

- Safer car racing

- Actually smart delivery, where a single person can manage a fleet of vehicles

- Search & rescue operations ...

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Re:Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, nati... by johnbrodie on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:26PM (#23106348)

I'll bite, can you expand just a smidge on "safer car racing"? I'm trying to figure out how 5G enables that and failing.

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Re:Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, nati... by omneity on Saturday May 09, 2020 @05:09PM (#23128337)

Yeah what @Talanes said in a sibling thread. If drivers are not physically present in the racing car then not only they're safer physically but cars could be designed without a human driver in mind (lighter, higher acceleration etc)

There's a relative to this already with first person view drone racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZLimUDUJTA

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Re:Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, nati... by Talanes on Friday May 08, 2020 @03:30PM (#23118513)

Put the racers in simulators that control real race cars remotely. iRacing with more real stakes.

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