Telecom
More than half a billion dollars in federal funding will be sent to four U.S. states to expand broadband access as part of a sweeping national effort to bring affordable service to rural and low-income Americans, the U.S. ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Telecom
Metasurfaces, artificially engineered surfaces that can manipulate electromagnetic signals in unique ways, have huge potential for several technological applications, including the implementation of sixth generation (6G) ...
Internet
A team of researchers with members from several institutions in Denmark, Sweden and Japan has developed a means for sending 1.84 petabits of data per second via a fiber-optic cable over 7.9 km. Their report is published in ...
Telecom
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In our modern, highly-connected world, more than 95% of global data transfer occurs along ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Emerging 5G wireless systems are designed to support high-bandwidth and low-latency networks connecting everything from autonomous robots to self-driving cars. But these large and complex communication networks could also ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Engineering
Fiber optic sensors—used in critical applications like detecting fires in tunnels, pinpointing leaks in pipelines and predicting landslides—are about to get even faster and more accurate.
Nov 13, 2020
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Engineering
The number of smartphones, laptops and other devices connected to the internet is continuously increasing. This expanding network of connected devices, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), entails the transfer of large ...
Engineering
For millions of people who participate in activities such as snorkeling and scuba diving each year, hand signals are the only option for communicating safety and directional information underwater. While recreational divers ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Telecom
A team of researchers at GuardiCore Ltd., a cloud security company, has found a vulnerability in the remote controls Comcast provides its Xfinity user community. On their blog page, they relate how they were able to hijack ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
For years, the idea of 6G was thought to be science fiction. Now, it's closer than ever before, but Josep Jornet, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, says there's still room for ...
Jan 4, 2023
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