Showing posts with label communications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communications. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2012

'Wireless' Message Using A Beam Of Neutrinos

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A group of scientists led by researchers from the University of Rochester and North Carolina State University have for the first time sent a...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Communication Technologies Can Operate 1,000 Times More Faster

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Credit: © lassedesignen / Fotolia) Communication Technologies Including Smartphones and Laptops Could Now Be 1,000 Times Faster, New Study S...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

We Should Learn To Speak To Dolphins Before Talking To Aliens

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To Talk With Aliens, Learn to Speak With Dolphins -- Wired Science The Kepler Space Telescope announced a new bonanza of distant planets thi...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Day That Our Communications Grid Died

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Artwork showing space debris in low and geostationary Earth orbit. Space debris includes thousands of inactive satellites, fragments of brok...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Optical System Promises To Revolutionize Undersea Communications

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An artist's conception of how the optical modem could function at a deep ocean cabled observatory. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Airwaves Abandoned by TV Could Beam High-Speed Internet Everywhere

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Internet in the Ether Brian Kaas Design From Popular Science: When TV went digital, Verizon, AT&T and other cellphone carriers shelled...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Pentagon Tests A Global Internet Routing System Via Satellite

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Atlas Launch Cisco's space Internet router launched aboard an Atlas 5 rocket on November 23, 2009. ULA/Pat Corkery From Popular Scienc...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

New Device Provides Internet And Phone Service In Disasters

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From Live Science: Losing an Internet connection or phone service can prove incredibly annoying for most people, but in an emergency, it can...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Texting Now More Popular Than Cell Calls

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Photo from AP From CBS News: (AP) R u kidding me? Americans punched out more than 110 billion text messages last year, double the number i...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

More Homes Seen Dumping Landlines

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Photo : From iStockphoto From CBS News: Age And Location Biggest Factor In Decisions To Abandon Landlines. (AP) The number of households wit...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Run Silent Run Deep Submarines Of The Future Could Get A Communications Upgrade U.S. Navy

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Run Silent Run Deep Submarines of the future could get a communications upgrade U.S. Navy From Popular Science: A physicist claims that th...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Cutting The Cord: America Loses Its Landlines

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From The Economist: Ever greater numbers of Americans are disconnecting their home telephones, with momentous consequences. MUCH has been ma...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Space: The Final Frontier for Cell Phones?

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From Time Magazine: (LAS VEGAS) — The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

How Cell Towers Work

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From Gizmodo: I recently visited a cell site shared by Clearwire and two other unnamed carriers—without frying my nuts. We've all driven...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mobile Phone Use Explodes As 60% Of The World's Population Signs Up For A Handset

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The United Kingdom was ranked 10th most advanced country in using information and communications technology. It was judged on criteria inclu...