News tagged with electromagnetic interference

Airline passengers may get a break on electronics

The government is taking a tentative step toward making it easier for airlines to allow passengers to use personal electronic devices such as tablets, e-readers and music players during takeoffs and landings.

Technology / Other

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Microsoft advocates new WiFi-NC to make use of white spaces in spectrum

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four years ago, the FCC began allowing limited use of the so-called white spaces in the electromagnetic spectrum that is shared by all wireless devices (in the United States). The white spaces ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Intel's new fiber-optic cables promise speed boost

Envisioning a data traffic jam looming as consumers shuttle increasing amounts of information among their home PCs, televisions and other gadgets, Intel plans to introduce new technology in a few months that could keep everything ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8

GTRI is developing protocols for testing effects of RFID systems on medical devices

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are widely used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification and airport luggage security. More ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Novel holographic antenna designs and uses

Holographic antennas first studied around 40 years ago are again a hot topic given the potential of holographic images for a variety of applications. EU researchers developed novel prototype devices based ...

Technology / Engineering

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A magnetic approach to lattices

(Phys.org) -- JQI experimentalists under the direction of Ian Spielman are in the business of using lasers to create novel environments for neutral atoms. For instance, this research group previously enticed ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

James Webb Telescope spinoff technologies already seen in some industries

A critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived, designed and built specifically to enable it to see farther back in time. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Listening to the radio even with an electric drive

To enable radio reception in electric vehicles, manufacturers must install filters and insulate cables, since electrical signals will otherwise interfere with music and speech transmissions. Now, using new ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New technique lights up the creation of holograms

Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (Japan) have developed a unique way to create full-color holograms with the aid of surface plasmons.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 1

NIST releases final Smart Grid 'Framework 2.0' document

An updated roadmap for the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which recently finished reviewing and incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exotic material boosts electromagnetism safely

Using exotic man-made materials, scientists from Duke University and Boston College believe they can greatly enhance the forces of electromagnetism (EM), one of the four fundamental forces of nature, without ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

IBM research advances device performance for quantum computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at IBM Research have achieved major advances in quantum computing device performance that may accelerate the realization of a practical, full-scale quantum computer. For specific ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Physicists create first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths

Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency combs are the most accurate ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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