Technology: Use or lose our navigation skills
Roger McKinlay 30 March 2016 in Nature News
Automatic wayfinding is eroding natural abilities, warns Roger McKinlay.
Read more info on the Nature site. Nature 531, 573–575 (31 March 2016) doi:10.1038/531573a
@SWNS A lorry wedged between houses in Bruton, UK, after its driver followed satellite-navigation instructions.
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