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Engineering Sep 20, 2014

Wireless sensor transmits tumor pressure

The interstitial pressure inside a tumor is often remarkably high compared to normal tissues and is thought to impede the delivery of chemotherapeutic agents as well as decrease the effectiveness of radiation therapy. While ...

Telecom Sep 10, 2014

T-Mobile to sell phones that call, text on Wi-Fi (Update)

T-Mobile will sell more than 100 smartphone models with a built-in feature that taps into Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls and send texts when customers can't connect to the wireless carrier's cellular network.

Telecom Sep 9, 2014

Wireless experts create multiuser, multiantenna scheme to make most of UHF band

Rice University wireless researchers have found a way to make the most of the unused UHF TV spectrum by serving up fat streams of data over wireless hotspots that could stretch for miles.

Telecom Sep 8, 2014

With wireless competition heating up, time to thank the FCC

It's time to give the regulators who oversee the wireless industry a big cheer - and urge them to keep up the good work.

Engineering Aug 20, 2014

A new wireless energy transfer device can charge any device without using cables

Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have designed a new device for wireless energy transfer that will, for example, charge mobile phones or laptops without needing cables.

Engineering Aug 15, 2014

Wireless sensors and flying robots: A way to monitor deteriorating bridges

As a report from the Obama administration warns that one in four bridges in the United States needs significant repair or cannot handle automobile traffic, Tufts University engineers are employing wireless sensors and flying ...

General Physics Jul 28, 2014

New theory predicts magnets may act as wireless cooling agents.

The magnets cluttering the face of your refrigerator may one day be used as cooling agents, according to a new theory formulated by MIT researchers.

Computer Sciences Jul 24, 2014

Wireless home automation systems reveal more than you would think about user behaviour

Home automation systems that control domestic lighting, heating, window blinds or door locks offer opportunities for third parties to intrude on the privacy of the inhabitants and gain considerable insight into their behavioural ...

Business Jul 23, 2014

Cheaper wireless plans cut into AT&T 2Q profit

(AP)—AT&T Inc. on Wednesday posted lower net income for the latest quarter due to cheaper cellphone plans it introduced as a response to aggressive pricing from smaller competitor T-Mobile US.

Business Jul 22, 2014

Verizon 2Q profit rises 93 percent

Verizon reported Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings nearly doubled after it secured full ownership of Verizon Wireless.

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