GPS Pioneer Dr. Gladys West Dies at 95 Dr. Gladys West, the brilliant mathematician whose groundbreaking work made modern GPS technology possible, died January 17, 2026, at age 95. Born on a Virginia tobacco farm in 1930 during Jim Crow segregation, West became valedictorian, earned mathematics degrees, and in 1956 became the second Black woman hired at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. For 42 years, she developed complex algorithms using the IBM 7030 supercomputer to create precise geodetic mod

We are now in proud possession of a shiny NVIDIA powered, personal supercomputer, which will make a huge difference to staff working on research with practical applications to the agriculture sector. Work that would take over 700 hours to complete using a standard PC will only take around 15 hours to complete with the new computer, allowing our staff to use Big Data and deep learning to do vital work, such as developing new non-invasive solutions to a wide range of problems faced by farmers. 🐄