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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74 View Post
You'd think they could make technology like this a bit smaller by now. That thing is huge.
I would say something the size of a small cell phone should be technically feasible...
Absolutely considering what an iPhone can do. EDIT: Yes you'd still need a SUPER battery. (slodave) ^^^

From the breakdown link in the original story.

FBI Vehicle-Tracking Device: The Teardown | Threat Level | Wired.com

Step 8
The module providing the GPS signal processing on this device is a µ-blox GPS-MS1 that's sort of ancient in the realm of modern electronics.
It was released June 29, 1999!
It features an astonishing 0.125 MB of SRAM and 1 MB of flash memory.


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