(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio and television signals.
Engineering
Jun 3, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the ...
Engineering
Mar 24, 2009
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A new tool for generating microwave signals could help propel advances in wireless communication, imaging, atomic clocks, and more.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 21, 2023
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated an atom-based sensor that can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal, another key part for a potential ...
General Physics
Apr 5, 2021
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Scientists from MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 3, 2021
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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a light-based device that mimics a fish's incredible jamming avoidance response (JAR) by moving the frequency of an emitted signal away from other signals that could potentially ...
Optics & Photonics
May 9, 2018
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Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
Telecom
Jul 11, 2017
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We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health. But a growing body of research suggests that another vital sign - how fast you ...
Engineering
May 1, 2017
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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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What if your computer or smartphone could tell if you're happy or sad?
Engineering
Sep 20, 2016
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