Physical attacks on devices connected to the Internet can be detected by analysing WiFi signals, computer scientists have discovered.
Telecom
Dec 18, 2015
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One minute your wireless Internet is working fine. The next minute, it takes an infuriatingly slow five seconds to load a single Web page. You paid for the fastest Internet speed available but during these all-too-frequent ...
Telecom
Nov 09, 2015
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A team of researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has long believed that wireless signals like WiFi can be used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye.
Engineering
Oct 28, 2015
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Traditional computers manipulate electrons to turn our keystrokes and Google searches into meaningful actions. But as components of the computer processor shrink to only a few atoms across, those same electrons become unpredictable ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 02, 2015
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Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi's lab are proving that wireless signals can do more than provide Internet access. They have demonstrated that a WiFi signal can be used to count the number of people ...
Telecom
Jun 08, 2015
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It's the bane of streaming media—the endlessly spinning cursor on a dark screen, or the final minutes of a favorite show freezing to a halt when the wireless signal weakens. A new technology developed by researchers at ...
Telecom
Jun 25, 2013
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A new way for families to stay close to independent elders that blends modern technology with old fashioned parcel post debuted on crowd-funding website Kickstarter Tuesday.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 16, 2013
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If the wireless Internet connection during your holiday flight seems more reliable than it used to, you could have the humble potato to thank.
Telecom
Dec 22, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Two professors at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a new method that doubles the efficiency of wireless networks and could have a large impact on the mobile ...
Telecom
Nov 13, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The demand for faster, more mobile Internet access for smartphones, tablets and laptops does more than strain the available space we have in our pockets and bags. There's a finite amount of wireless spectrum ...
Telecom
Sep 11, 2012
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