With a compass, you can navigate a map, shoot bearings to find your location, and even participate in fun activities like geocaching, an orienteering-based scavenger hunt.

Using a range of compass apps across various smartphones, we oriented each device in the same direction. The results? A baffling range of readings. Some apps performed flawlessly.

Having a GPS-enabled device with a built-in digital compass in your pocket is nothing special these days, but there's still room for improvement when it comes to the usability of these functions ...

To do that, Eric made use of a digital compass, twelve vibrating pager motors and, of course, an Arduino, all of which got brought together in belt form.

Your brain is constantly orienting you in space. This internal compass is what allows us to navigate our surroundings. According to a new study, that sense of direction may come down to ...