Inside the Third Reich’s Radio
Joseph Goebbels commissioned a stylish, mass-producible radio to channel Nazi propaganda into German homes Photo: Deutsches Museum Introduced in 1933, the inexpensive Volksempfänger helped spread Nazi propaganda to a.....»»
History of British Radio Innovations
History of British Radio Innovations.....»»
39-year-old Radio Shack laptop gets new CPU, keeps original screen
Hobbyist and IEEE editor Stephen Cass upgrades a broken laptop from 1983. Enlarge / A 1983-era TRS-80 Model 100 as an action hero, dramatically exploding onto the scene. (credit: Radio Shack / Benj Edwards) Faced with a broken.....»»
Astronomers unveil new—and puzzling—features of mysterious fast radio bursts
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-long cosmic explosions that each produce the energy equivalent to the sun's annual output. More than 15 years after the deep-space pulses of electromagnetic radio waves were first discovered, their perplexing.....»»
New binary pulsar detected with CHIME
Using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), astronomers have detected a new radio pulsar in a binary system with a massive non-degenerate companion star. The discovery of the pulsar, which received designation PSR J2108+4516, wa.....»»
How To Make Syncronized LED Disney Mouse Ears
These light-up Mickey Ears show neopixel animations and sync with other ear hats for the ultimate Disney group attire! The sync is made possible with the Micro:bit’s internal radio to broadcast different animation modes. We designed animations to.....»»
Automated Cloud Driven Scheduling and Optimization of 5G Phased Antenna Arrays
Nokia and Ansys Presents: Automated Cloud Driven Scheduling and Optimization of 5G Phased Antenna Arrays. Register now for this free webinar! 5G massive MIMO radio applications require more complex antenna systems. The phased antenna array desi.....»»
Keysight and IBM sign memorandum of understanding to open RAN deployments in Europe
Keysight Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IBM, to pursue accelerating open radio access network (RAN) deployments in Europe. IBM endeavors to use Keysight Open Radio Architect (KORA) solutions in the company’s Open R.....»»
Tidal disruption event AT2020opy investigated with radio telescopes
An international team of astronomers has inspected a tidal disruption event (TDE) known as AT2020opy using various radio telescopes. Results of the study, published August 30 on the arXiv pre-print server, could shed more light on the origin and natu.....»»
Chunghwa Telecom to set up outdoor 5G O-RAN n79 private network in southern Taiwan
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will set up an outdoor 5G O-RAN (open radio access network) n79 (4.4GHz-5GHz frequency band) private network in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, according to CHT......»»
Astronomers discover seven new pulsars
Using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope of Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory (PRAO) in Russia, astronomers have detected seven new pulsars and determined their basic parameters. The finding is reported in a paper published August 18 on.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Kitty Felde
Name Kitty Felde Where are you located? Los Angeles What is your day job? Podcaster www.Bookclubforkids.org What kinds of stuff do you make? Podcasts for kids How did you get started making stuff? I was a public radio reporter for three decades. Aft.....»»
The effect of Martian ionospheric dispersion on SAR imaging
The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of the planet. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation and is directly related to the local communicati.....»»
Study reveals what causes "outliers" track in black hole X-ray binaries
Black hole X-ray binaries (BHXB) comprise a stellar-mass black hole accreting gas from a companion star and emitting transient X-ray emission and compact radio jets......»»
Popular podcast? Some guests are paying big to appear on your favorite shows
In the US, it's illegal for record labels to pay radio stations to play their music without informing listeners. This month, a PR CEO and an FTC spokesperson told Bloomberg that, regarding payola law, doling out money to a podcast for an appearance w.....»»
First of NASA"s SunRISE SmallSats rolls off production line
Six of NASA's SunRISE small satellites will work together, creating the largest radio telescope ever launched to detect and track hazardous explosive space weather events......»»
First-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and partners at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have made the first-ever detection of gas in an circumplanetary disk. What's more, the detection also suggests th.....»»
“Black widow” neutron star devoured its mate to become heaviest found yet
This work may set an upper limit on just how large neutron stars can become. Enlarge / A spinning neutron star periodically swings its radio (green) and gamma-ray (magenta) beams past Eart. A black widow pulsar heats the facing side of.....»»
Keysight Open Radio Access Network Architect addresses critical validation requirements
Keysight Technologies announced that the Keysight Open Radio Access Network Architect (KORA) test solutions are moving to cloud-based deployment for improved flexibility and rapid deployment. In addition, the company’s LoadCore software for testing.....»»
Chiral sources for metamaterial interface waveguides
Metamaterial interface waveguides can confine and guide electromagnetic (EM) waves, which has attractive potential in integrated photonics physics and wireless devices, from radio frequencies to optical bands. The energy flow in waveguides can be ful.....»»
Astronomers detect weird ‘heartbeat’ pulse of radio waves
Astronomers have discovered a weird periodic fast radio burst coming from billions of light-years away......»»