Rakon Ltd, makers of crystals and oscillators that are incorporated into 50% of the world's GPS hardware, have developed the world's smallest GPS radio frequency receiver. At about the size of a baby's fingernail (chip pictured left), its form factor and "plug and play" will simplify the process of incorporation into consumer electronics like mobile phones.

The GPS receiver is purportedly capable of receiving signals in areas with high interference such as urban environments due to an R&D breakthrough; a future generation of these chips are planned with three times the sensitivity.

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