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For the past three years, experts at the NASA Glenn Research Center have been working on the Space Communications and Navigation Testbed (SCaN Testbed). If successfully tested, this instrument will innovate the way communications are carried out in space.
The device will be delivered to the International Space Stat... |
15 February 2012
02:51 GMT |
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A species of primates native to the southeastern parts of Asia, called the Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta), were discovered to communicate with each other using ultrasounds. This is a nearly-unbreakable code, and no other species of primates is known to use it.
The sounds they make are above the highest soun... |
8 February 2012
06:08 GMT |
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The solar flare that was produced on Sunday, January 22, caused a series of negative effects on our planet, such as for instance the development of several geomagnetic storms. These events led to several communications blackouts, and forced some airlines to use polar airways with extreme caution.
Solar flares and co... |
26 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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A communications network allegedly belonging to the infamous Mexican drug cartel known as the Zetas was taken down by military troops as a result of a one-year investigation.
According to In Sight, 1,400 radios, 2,600 cell phones, tons of computing equipment and solar panels were seized during a raid made by the Me... |
5 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The American space agency is working hard towards creating an advanced optical communications system, which it plans to use on future deep-space missions. Such a technology will enable the transmission of HD videos and images from anywhere in the solar system.
At this time, conventional communications methods take... |
23 September 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Seth Shostak, the chief astronomer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, says that our planet is leaving behind a massive trail of electronic signals that alien civilizations could detect even if we want them to or not. The trail is produced by all our electromagnetic communications, such ... |
4 August 2011
08:11 GMT |
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A group of engineers from the Stanford University announces the development of an extremely energy-efficient laser, which could potentially be used to revolutionize optical communications systems.This accomplishment could lead to the development of smaller and faster data transmission technologies, which could b... |
17 May 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Investigators with the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) say that the carbon compound graphene could be used as an efficient means of boosting the current speed of communications. What the UCB engineers did was essentially learn how to use graphene in an entirely new type of technology that could be used to ... |
9 May 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Better hold on to Outlook, or your favorite email client, because email is here to stay. No less than 96% of the 1,268 professionals and students surveyed by MarketTools at the request of Microsoft revealed that they expect to leverage email even more or just as much as today in the following five years. The survey ... |
6 May 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Conceivably, decades to centuries from now, the galaxy will become our extended home, in which planetary colonies will be commonplace. Communications will play a critical role in space exploration, and officials at NASA believe that an Interplanetary Internet (IPI) could make this easier. The goal here is to produce ... |
1 February 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Intel recently announced its decision to invest $100 million into U.S. university research, over the next 5 years, in order to develop new computing and communication technologies, the company planning to open Intel Science and Technology Centers across multiple universities throughout the year.
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27 January 2011
04:57 GMT |
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A group of Russian physicists announces the creation of a new communications method that ensures mission control can remain in constant contact with spacecraft reentering Earth's atmosphere. The way this is done is by making a giant radio receiver out of a plasma sheath.The communications blackout problem affect... |
7 January 2011
07:00 GMT |
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In a recent issue of the scientific journal Acta Astronautica, experts proposed we use our Sun as a communications device. Harnessing its gravitational power could enable us to contact and establish a dialog with extraterrestrial civilizations, they added. Granted, the only issue with this plan is that no one yet kno... |
17 December 2010
10:29 GMT |
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A group of researchers announces the development of a new idea about how future networks should be organized. The team moves past the model of a relatively stable network such as the Internet, and considered how networks made of modern mobile devices need to be set up in order to survive. The growing proportion of po... |
10 December 2010
09:49 GMT |
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While DECT phones aren't exactly a hot topic in the age of digital communications and smartphones, the truth of the matter is that, from time to time, we happen to come across some that really manage to capture our interest, such as the ePure model from Swissvoice, that we'll talk about as follows.
The D... |
3 December 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Less than a week ago, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) launched a new military communications satellite in Earth's orbit, marking the 14th successful rocket launch in the country for 2010. The agency thus set a new record. Until now, the Chinese never managed to put more than 11 payloads in space... |
30 November 2010
02:34 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the Hylas-1 satellite has made its way to the launch site yesterday, and that it is now ready for its take-off to Earth's orbit, scheduled for today.The spacecraft will travel to space from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America. ESA decid... |
26 November 2010
09:23 GMT |
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Although one might wonder just why anyone woulds still use a two-way radio (better known as a walkie-talkie) in the age of the smartphone, the truth of the matter is that these things can still come in handy in certain specific situations, especially when there's no network coverage.And for this reason, Motorola... |
18 November 2010
05:49 GMT |
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A group of Spanish investigators is investigating the effects that newly-adopted technologies are having on our culture, especially in its narrative and writing forms. Thus far, the results are very interesting. The research team is headed by professor Antonio Rodriguez de las Heras, who is based at the Universidad C... |
18 October 2010
08:36 GMT |
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In an attempt to improve the safety and efficiency of heavy-duty mining machines, experts at a private company agreed to share some of the technologies developed for space with the mining sector.Dutch company EstrellaSat has received approval from the European Space Agency (ESA), its main supporter, for this technolo... |
13 September 2010
10:40 GMT |
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According to officials, it would appear that the first AEHF satellite is experiencing a series of glitches in its propulsion system, that will most likely delay its commissioning by several months. It would appear that experts managing the mission now need to develop a new plan for boosting the spacecraft to its desi... |
31 August 2010
03:57 GMT |
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According to officials at the Boeing Corporation, the organization has just been commissioned to construct a new satellite payload, for yet another of the four spacecrafts that Intelsat SA ordered.The order was placed last year, and engineering team at Boeing, one of the most important space, aeronautics and defense ... |
24 August 2010
10:07 GMT |
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A device comprised of a battery, dock connector and SIM card that allows voice calls has been developed by a 22-year-old programmer who wants to provide an alternative for the expensive iPhone in China. Dubbed the Apple Peel 520, the device will have users installing special software to enable functionality. Softpe... |
16 August 2010
04:51 GMT |
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Officials at Lockheed Martin announce that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite that the corporation built for the US Air Force has successfully launched on August 14.The newly-launched satellite is the most technologically advanced military communications instrument ever developed, and its go... |
16 August 2010
02:50 GMT |
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German scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, in Garching, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (LMU), and the University of Basel announce an important innovation in the field of physics. The team managed to develop a new imaging method that uses ultracold atoms to make microwave fields visib... |
3 August 2010
09:02 GMT |
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In a recent study conducted by an international science team, it was revealed that bottlenose dolphins exhibit very complex communications patterns that are still a mystery to researchers. According to the new data, it would appear that the repertoire that the creatures use is highly complex, and also filled with nua... |
9 June 2010
10:26 GMT |
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The Voyager 2 spacecraft is one of NASA's landmark missions, and the second reiteration of the successful Voyager 1 mission. The space probe is currently located no less than 8.6 billion miles (13.8 billion kilometers) away from our planet, at the very edge of the solar system. It is constantly sending new data ... |
7 May 2010
02:50 GMT |
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Years ago, several radio signals containing information about the Earth and the human race were sent into deep space. Astronomers hope that someone, or something, will pick them up on the other side of the Universe, and realize that they are not alone. But, while contacting aliens would arguably be the most important... |
1 April 2010
09:33 GMT |
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A group of researchers has recently managed to crack the “code” hyenas use when they laugh and giggle. According to the investigators, these behaviors contain a large amount of information about the animals' social status, age, mood and desires, all of them transmitted in the most basic forms possibl... |
30 March 2010
05:49 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the Martian rover Spirit is currently being chilled to increasingly lower temperatures, as the winter season on the Red Planet approaches the machine's location. The latest communications attempt with it revealed that the robot is still operational, although i... |
20 March 2010
03:46 GMT |
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In the not-so-distant future, people could benefit from the fast navigation speed of a broadband Internet connection by simply turning on the lamps on their desks. A group of researchers envisions using this medium to broadcast the connection, and are scheduled to make a presentation of their proposed system at the u... |
10 March 2010
08:47 GMT |
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that work has begun on repairing an iconic antenna of the American space agency. Used for the past 40 years for keeping in touch, and keeping track with deep-space missions, including those on Mars, the famous equipment now need... |
9 March 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Experts at the Purdue University announce the development of a new, miniature device, which has the ability to make wires obsolete. Communications in the homes and offices of tomorrow could be based on ultrafast laser pulses, which the instrument would convert into radio-frequency signals. According to the experts be... |
4 March 2010
16:01 GMT |
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The American space agency, NASA, admitted a long time ago that its space communication capabilities were dwindling, and beginning to crumble under the large amounts of strain that were being placed on them by an ever-increasing number of simultaneous missions. As a direct measure, officials there decided to reorganiz... |
26 February 2010
01:50 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency NASA announced that yesterday, after shuttle Endeavor had departed from the International Space Station (ISS), a glitch in the outpost's main computer knocked down communications between it and Earth briefly. The situation has since been resolved, and now everything is runn... |
22 February 2010
02:49 GMT |
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With Valentine's Day knocking at the door for yet another year, many couples around the world are now getting ready to restate their commitment to the people they love. Unlike years before, in 2010, they have a wide variety of means at their disposal, ranging from the classic love letter and cards, to sending el... |
13 February 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado have recently discovered that the vast network of communication cables that can be found today on the ocean floor have the ability to detect the electrical signals generated by tsunamis. This is made possible by... |
25 January 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Even with all the high-tech instruments aboard all of NASA's spacecrafts, rovers and landers, there is always something that is dragging down communications, and that is the aging network that the space agency uses to stay in contact with its space exploration vehicles. Transfer rates between Earth and missions ... |
23 January 2010
04:23 GMT |
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Scientists were recently able to determine that people who drive and talk at the same time tend not to understand each other very well, or communicate efficiently. This is one of the few scientific studies not focused on the adverse effects that talking with someone, or over the phone, have on driving and safety on t... |
23 January 2010
03:57 GMT |
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Improving communication between human beings is one of the main goals in science today, mostly because such an ability would allow us to avoid countless conflicts. Research in this area has been ongoing for many years, and considerable progress has been made until now. Just recently, a group of specialists managed to... |
6 January 2010
15:11 GMT |
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While crickets, orangutans and whales indeed communicate differently, there is a common denominator between them, researchers say. A bird's chirp, a whale's clicks, and a primate's scream can be construed as different, but a new cross-species study has revealed that mathematical models can predict the ... |
6 January 2010
07:01 GMT |
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Over the past five years, groundbreaking strides in the field of quantum information have been made in the international scientific community. Experts from around the world have worked on deciphering the mysterious mechanisms that underlie the basic operating principles of entanglement and superposition, the most imp... |
18 December 2009
10:32 GMT |
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About one year ago, a research group made an amazing discovery that turned out to be so important that an entire new field of science was dedicated to it just a few months later. The scientists, from the Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, found that living cells placed in different cultures tended to synchro... |
20 November 2009
08:32 GMT |
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Bacteria are the most helpful and the most harmful organisms for the human body in the world today. While the thousands of species in our guts keep us healthy, and help us digest food, other species, just as numerous, can cause us significant damage, and even death. Therefore, knowing how these microorganisms functio... |
9 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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For a long time, communicating through the power of thought has been considered to be a cheap trick that con artists use to lure innocent victims into their games. Now, scientists at the University of Southampton (USouthampton) have managed to prove that this can, indeed, happen between two people. The new study cons... |
6 October 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Nuclear-powered submarines can operate underwater, at a depth of around 300 meters (roughly 1,000 feet), for weeks and months on end. While this is of enormous strategic importance, it does come with a drawback, namely the fact that the subs need to come close to the surface in order to communicate with the outside w... |
5 October 2009
10:43 GMT |
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Finland-based Patria Aviation Oy is currently one of the few companies in the world seeking to create personal satellite-communication antennas out of textile materials. Its instrument is roughly similar to the one members of Enterprise used in the Star Trek series. A simple touch of a badge was enough to open a comm... |
29 September 2009
20:01 GMT |
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A new business partnership between Siemens IT Solutions and Services, in the Netherlands, and id Quantique, from Geneva, Switzerland, promises to bring the goal of accessible quantum cryptography one step closer to general use by the masses, officials from the two companies have announced recently, according to Techn... |
28 August 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Riverside (UCR) are about to engage in a long-term, five-year effort, to begin in 2010, that will aim to drastically reshape the way in which we communicate and navigate in homes, offices, airports and especially in places where radio frequency communication is prohibited... |
13 August 2009
17:41 GMT |
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A massive project, to which already a number of former astronauts and other famous people have subscribed, is currently underway to bounce people's voices off the Moon, from one point of the globe to the other. According to the radio amateurs that made this initiative a reality, parabolic and radio dishes around... |
4 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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