News tagged with radio
10 years later, NY responders communicate better
(AP) -- On Sept. 11, 2001, as firefighters rushed into the smoldering twin towers, their radios went dead. Police on the scene couldn't hear orders from their superiors. And none of the agencies responding ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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SETI's telescopes to go back online, resuming hunt for alien life
This week the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute announced that it had raised more than $200,000 from a crowd-sourced fundraising effort that launched earlier this spring. The money, which came from ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Researchers develop “rectenna” to convert radio waves to electricity
Researchers from Nihon Dengyo Kosaku Co., Ltd, (DENGYO) a Japanese communications infrastructure company, have developed a device they call the “rectenna” that can convert radio waves moving around in the air, to ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Debt fight could bring more airwaves for broadband
(AP) -- The debt ceiling battle could produce an unlikely winner: smartphone users.
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Colugos glide to save time, not energy
Gripping tightly to a tree trunk, at first sight a colugo might be mistaken for a lemur. However, when this animal leaps it launches into a graceful glide, spreading wide the enormous membrane that spans its legs and tail ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Calves clock-in for monitored mealtimes
Electronic ear tags are being used to provide an early warning system that will help farmers identify sick animals within a herd.
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Russian space telescope unfurls giant antenna
A giant new Russian space telescope on Saturday unfurled its dish-like antenna which will observe radio waves from galaxies and black holes billions of light years away. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2011 |
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Photonic neuron may compute a billion times faster than brain circuits
(PhysOrg.com) -- The name of the project -- "photonic neuron" -- was catchy enough, but what really caught Mitchell Nahmias' attention was the opportunity to combine his interests in engineering and neuroscience.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Russia launches giant telescope in deep space return
Russia on Monday launched into space its Spektr-R radio telescope planned to be the most powerful ever, the first deep space observatory sent up by Moscow in a quarter of a century.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Researchers remotely tracking threatened turtles and popular pike in Georgian Bay
McMaster researchers are learning about one of Earth's oldest creatures by using some of its newest technology.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)
Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Pandora to be in more cars, hits 100 million users
Internet radio Pandora announced expanded partnerships with automobile manufacturers on Tuesday and said it now has 100 million registered users.
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Clear Channel swipes at Pandora with iheart revamp
(AP) -- Radio station giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is taking a swipe at online music service Pandora with a revamp of its iheartradio application that imitates Pandora's personalized listening experience but doesn't ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Big step forward for SKA radio telescope
The discovery potential of the future international SKA radio telescope has been glimpsed following the commissioning of a working optical fibre link between CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in Western ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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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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