Faster cellular signals could mean slower Wi-Fi
You may soon see faster connections on your cellular service. But your Wi-Fi connection may pay the price.
Telecom
Mar 22, 2017
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News tagged with wireless devices
Wi-fi on rays of light—100 times faster, and never overloaded
Slow wi-fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Wireless devices in the home consume ever more data, and it's only growing, and congesting the wi-fi network. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology ...
Telecom
Mar 17, 2017
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Review: Apple's AirPods as irritating as they are impressive
Apple is pitching the AirPods, its new wireless headphones, as "effortless" and "magical."
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 28, 2016
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Alibaba, China Mobile announce development partnership
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the country's biggest phone carrier, China Mobile, announced a partnership Wednesday to develop internet-related services as web users migrate to mobile devices.
Business
Dec 7, 2016
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A remote-controlled drone helps in designing future wireless networks
The development of mobile devices has set increasingly high requirements for wireless networks and the emission of radio frequencies. Researcher Vasilii Semkin together with a research group at Aalto University and Tampere ...
Engineering
Nov 4, 2016
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Feds: Ignore that post about banning driver cellphone use
Briefly Monday, it looked like the federal government was going to push all 50 states to ban the use of cellphones and other wireless devices while people are driving.
Other
Aug 23, 2016
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Distance wireless charging enhanced by magnetic metamaterials
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona researchers have developed a system that efficiently transfers electrical energy between two separate circuits. The system, made with a shell of metamaterials that concentrates the magnetic ...
Condensed Matter
May 10, 2016
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Graphene is both transparent and opaque to radiation
A microchip that filters out unwanted radiation with the help of graphene has been developed by scientists from the EPFL and tested by researchers of the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The invention could be used in future ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 6, 2016
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Multilingual circuit: 'Optomechanical transducer' links sound, light, radio waves
Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a "piezo-optomechanical circuit" that converts signals among optical, acoustic and radio waves. A system based on this design ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 28, 2016
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Calculations reveal how sensors must take turns to harvest power efficiently from a data hub
Algorithms that describe the most efficient ways to transmit data and power between wireless sensors and a central hub could help develop large networks of smart devices.
Engineering
Mar 24, 2016
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