News tagged with networks radio
Ambient electromagnetic energy harnessed for small electronic devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Ceiling lights in Minn. send coded Internet data
(AP) -- Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Australian WiFi inventors win US legal battle
Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform worldwide.
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Radio waves help track Pacific currents 24/7
(PhysOrg.com) -- Along the West Coast of the United States, a network of antennas is sending radio waves out to sea 24 hours a day and capturing real-time data about the ocean's currents.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2011 |
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FAA warns pilots in Las Vegas vicinity on GPS
Pilots flying at night near Las Vegas over the next week may have to navigate the old-fashioned way - without GPS.
May 18, 2011 |
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NASA in final preparations for Nov. 8 asteroid flyby
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past Earth slightly closer than the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2011 |
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NASA lunar spacecraft GRAIL complete prime mission ahead of schedule
(Phys.org) -- A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with twin ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2012 |
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Fujitsu develops GaN HEMT power amplifier featuring world's highest output in millimeter-wave W-Band
Fujitsu announced the development of a power amplifier using gallium nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT) that has achieved the world's highest output performance of 1.3W for wireless communications ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Gigabit Powerline Networking offers speedy solutions
Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Listen to the world on a shoestring, or more if you're game
I've been using a thumb-size gadget that is a riveting example of how the Internet has turned our vast planet into a small village.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Variables play into how well wireless works
In a recent column, Dianne Dunlap, a customer support engineer specializing in wireless technology for Cisco Systems, gave a thorough breakdown of how to check whether wireless Internet connectivity problems are due to wireless ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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FCC rejects proposal for free wireless service
(AP) -- Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Spotify doesn't quite hit the spot
Subscription services have been touted as the future of music for the past decade. But at least in this country, they've never taken off.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Bridging the gap between wireless sensor networks and the scientists who use them
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds' nesting ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Pandora tunes up for IPO, looks to raise $100M
(AP) -- Popular Internet radio service Pandora is tuning up for an IPO later this year.
Feb 12, 2011 |
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