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Laser communications: Empowering more data than ever before
Launching this summer, NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA's ever-increasing human and robotic presence in space, missions ...
May 13, 2021
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Latency-aware optical networking for automated deployment of 5G services
Extremely low transmission latency is one of the key features promised by 5G communication networks. Additionally, smart networking requires technologies that monitor and anticipate failures to facilitate rapid network repair.
Apr 29, 2021
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Dutch city fined for Wi-Fi tracking says it will appeal
The Dutch privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined the eastern city of Enschede for tracking people using mobile phone Wi-Fi signals in a system used to measure crowds. The city's municipality said it is appealing the ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Police want access to Tinder's sexual assault data: Cybersafety experts explain why it's a date with disaster
Dating apps have been under increased scrutiny for their role in facilitating harassment and abuse.
Apr 28, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers develop smartphone-powered emergency alert system
A team of computer science researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have created and tested a new, Bluetooth-based system for disseminating emergency messages in an urban environment.
Apr 23, 2021
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Macro cyber resilience: Ensuring functionality of interconnected complex systems
For the second straight year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers are featured in a special edition of the Journal of Information Warfare. This issue explores the topic of macro cyber resiliency.
Apr 16, 2021
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Internet
Low-cost demo links public safety radios to broadband wireless network
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a low-cost computer system that connects older public safety radios with the latest wireless communications networks, showing how first responders ...
Apr 13, 2021
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5G network could realize Nikola Tesla's dream of wireless electricity a century later
At the height of his career, the pioneering electrical engineer Nikola Tesla became obsessed with an idea. He theorized that electricity could be transmitted wirelessly through the air at long distances—either via a series ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Verizon recalls mobile hotspots sold to schools, in stores (Update)
Verizon is recalling 2.5 million mobile hotspots after some reports of overheating and two reports of minor burns.
Apr 09, 2021
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Telecom
Optical links to connect air passengers securely
A laser communications terminal prototype to demonstrate this vision is currently being developed by satellite manufacturer Airbus, working in partnership with the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research ...
Apr 08, 2021
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Millimeter wave and sub-terahertz spatial statistical channel model for an indoor office building
Driven by ubiquitous usage of mobile devices and the explosive growth and diversification of the Internet of Things (IoT), sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems will need to offer unprecedented high data rate and system ...
Apr 05, 2021
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