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Antenna-Based Personal Communicator Realises My Fantasies
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | My second biggest Star Trek fantasy? Being able to tap a badge to communicate. Silly, but not to a Finnish company who is improving on Star Trek design and my fantasies with flexible, fabric communicators toting built-in GPS to boot. More »
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12:30PM Nick Broughall | Back in the 70s, amateur radio enthusiasts around the world began hearing a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at the 10Hz frequency, which disrupted communications and could occasionally be heard over telephone circuits. It was dubbed the “woodpecker” signal, and this was the cause of it: a Russian over-the-horizon anti-ballistic missile system called Duga-3, which could give early warning of missile launches. More »
Abandoned Duga-3 ‘Woodpecker’ Radio Antenna Looks Menacing
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Back in the 70s, amateur radio enthusiasts around the world began hearing a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at the 10Hz frequency, which disrupted communications and could occasionally be heard over telephone circuits. It was dubbed the “woodpecker” signal, and this was the cause of it: a Russian over-the-horizon anti-ballistic missile system called Duga-3, which could give early warning of missile launches. More »
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A Glimpse at the Eye-Fi’s Teeny Tiny Wi-Fi Antenna
4:20AM Mark Wilson | One Flickr member ripped apart his broken Eye-Fi after being sent a replacement. No big surprises were found, but that gold bar on top? That’s the integrated Wi-Fi antenna. Cool stuff, no? [Flickr via bbGadgets] More »
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