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.....»»
5G growing rapidly despite component shortages, says Strategy Analytics
Radio component revenue reached an all-time high in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics, which expects revenue to grow through 2025......»»
Hubble tracks down fast radio bursts to galaxies" spiral arms
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms of five distant galaxies......»»
Radio-jamming Dis/Connect chandelier prevents people from using their smartphones
Brooklyn-based designer Eric Forman has created a chandelier that blocks wireless signals below it to create "spaces of digital quiet". Read more Brooklyn-based designer Eric Forman has created a chandelier that blocks wireless signals below.....»»
60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?
On November 1, 1961, a number of prominent scientists converged on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, for a three-day conference. A year earlier, this facility had been the site of the first modern SETI experiment.....»»
Alexa/Echo Owners Become Part of Amazon"s Massive "Sidewalk" Mesh Network By Default
A tech columnist for Inc. noticed that on June 8th Amazon will finally power up its massive "Sidewalk" mesh network (which uses Bluetooth and 900MHz radio signals to communicate between devices). And millions and millions of Amazon customers are all.....»»
Using micro-sized cut metal wires, team forges path to new uses for terahertz waves
Japanese researchers successfully tested reflectionless, highly refractive index metasurface that may eventually be used in practical applications to send, receive, and manipulate light and radio waves in the terahertz waveband (THz). THz is measured.....»»
How scientists are tuning in to the universe, man
You're driving down the freeway listening to the radio, but you're getting static. Enjoy it. That's the sounds of the universe......»»
Scientists invent method for predicting solar radio flux for two years ahead
Since the launch of Sputnik, the Earth's first artificial satellite, in 1957, more than 41,500 tons of manmade objects have been placed in orbit around the sun, the Earth, and other planetary bodies. Since that time, the majority of objects, such as.....»»
Parker Solar Probe detects a natural radio signal coming from Venus
A NASA spacecraft intended to study the sun has been doing some bonus science, revealing new information about Venus as it passes by the planet......»»
Lunar crater radio telescope: Illuminating the cosmic dark ages
After years of development, the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) project has been awarded $500,000 to support additional work as it enters Phase II of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. While not yet a NASA mission, the LCRT descr.....»»
New look at a bright stellar nursery
This overlay shows radio (orange) and infrared images of a giant molecular cloud called W49A, where new stars are being formed. A team of astronomers led by Chris DePree of Agnes Scott College used the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Ver.....»»
Flexible, easy-to-scale nanoribbons move graphene toward use in tech applications
From radio to television to the internet, telecommunications transmissions are simply information carried on light waves and converted to electrical signals......»»
Uber, Lyft have a Calif. playbook to fight proposed federal labor rules
Among the tactics honed in the California fight on employee classification, the gig-work companies used their apps to reach out to voters and drivers through messages, emails, mailed leaflets, billboards, radio and online ads......»»
The patchy environment of a rare cosmic explosion revealed
Scientists from the National Centre for radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) Pune used the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to determine that AT 2018 cow, the first of a newly discovered class o.....»»
Latest observations by MUSER help clarify solar eruptions
Prof. Yan Yihua and his research team from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) recently released detailed results of observations by the new generation solar radio telescope—Mingantu Spectral Radio Heli.....»»
Searching for the Universe"s Most Energetic Particles, Astronomers Turn on the Radio
New radio-based observatories could soon detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, opening a new window on extreme cosmic physics -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
The Radio We Could Send to Hell
Silicon carbide radio circuits can take the volcanic heat of Venus Illustration: NoEmotion In an artist’s rendering, a future Venus rover gains some power from wind blowing in the planet’s thick atmosphere......»»
Honda previews new interior design language
Honda's new interior design, dubbed "simplicity and something," uses a horizontal layout and buttons for functions like radio volume. The 2022 Civic will be the first model to use the redesign......»»
Deciphering the lives of double neutron stars in radio and gravitational wave astronomy
Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) have described a way to determine the birth population of double neutron stars—some of the densest objects in the universe formed in collapsing massive stars. Th.....»»
Insane new anti-drone system zaps UAVs out of the sky with targeted microwaves
Whereas most anti-drone systems in use today rely on radio frequency interference, this new system uses beamformed microwaves to overwhelm approaching UAVs......»»