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Telecom Sep 19, 2016

Explainer: Wireless cellphone alerts on bombing suspect

Many people in the New York City area were alerted Monday morning to a screeching, buzzing message about a man wanted in connection with explosions in the area over the weekend.

Consumer & Gadgets Sep 8, 2016

Apple is betting big on a wireless world

Apple wants to push consumers further into a wireless world. Its tactics: Eliminate the standard headphone jack in its newest iPhones and market new "AirPods"—tiny wireless earbuds that the company claims greatly improve ...

General Physics Aug 23, 2016

Chaos could provide the key to enhanced wireless communications

Chaos, somewhat ironically, has one clear attribute: random-like, apparently unpredictable, behavior. However recent work shows that that unpredictable behavior could provide the key to effective and efficient wireless communications.

Engineering Aug 18, 2016

Railway research into safety at level crossings reaches next stage

Networks of tiny wireless sensors could not only improve safety at railway crossings but would also be much less costly to install and maintain, drawing their electrical power from track vibration. These are among the findings ...

Telecom Jul 19, 2016

Engineers designing system so cellphones, laptops, other wireless devices can help nab radio-frequency thieves

We crowdsource for business startups, art projects, inventions, even families in need. So why not ask cellphone users to contribute in helping catch high-tech thieves?

Electronics & Semiconductors Jul 19, 2016

Wireless EEG headset for emergency room and intensive care unit patients

The world-leading nanoelectronics research center imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) announced that they have collaborated with Nihon Kohden, a Japanese manufacturer, developer and distributor of medical electronic ...

Telecom Jul 18, 2016

Faster prediction of wireless downtime

As the number of mobile devices grows along with demand for faster connections and larger data volumes, wireless networks can easily exceed capacity, resulting in severe network slowdowns and outages. While engineers have ...

Engineering Jul 13, 2016

Breakthrough in powering wireless sensors

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are a step closer to harvesting renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power battery-operated wireless sensors used in industries including health ...

Nanomaterials Jul 8, 2016

Graphene could revolutionize the Internet of Things

PFL researchers have produced a tunable, graphene-based device that could significantly increase the speed and efficiency of wireless communication systems. Their system works at very high frequencies, delivering unprecedented ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 30, 2016

Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector

MIT researchers have developed low-cost chemical sensors, made from chemically altered carbon nanotubes, that enable smartphones or other wireless devices to detect trace amounts of toxic gases.

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