If you are looking to develop a project which requires a GPS receiver that is both low-cost and very accurate you might be interested in a new device which is launched on the crowdfunding Kickstarter website this week called the Piksi.

The Piksi GPS receiver has been created to provide users with centimetre level precision together with open source software and board design. Check out the video after the jump to learn more about the new GPS receiver and its capabilities.

Swift Navigation the creators of Piksi explain : "A regular GPS receiver, like you have in your cell phone, gives positions that are accurate to within a few meters. An RTK (Real Time Kinematic) GPS system gives positions that are 100 times more accurate – down to single centimeters. Piksi is an R ... Read more »