three-axis electronic compass for mobile phones and other compact mobile devices. To contribute to equipping compact mobile devices with navigation functions, Alps Electric became the world's first ...

Navigation requires a sense of direction (‘compass’), which in mammals is thought to be provided by head-direction cells, neurons that discharge when the animal’s head points to a specific azimuth.

As I mentioned in the last post, I used to have a pathetic sense of direction. I couldn't find my way out of the proverbial paper bag. If I was driving and approached an intersection from an ...