Keyword: Wireless communication systems

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Making Satellite, Ground Communication More Effective
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Moussa N’Gom has devised a method to make communications between satellites and the ground more effective — regardless of the weather.
Briefs: Connectivity
A new paper on wireless connectivity from researchers at the lab of Dinesh Bharadia, an affiliate of the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI), introduces a new technique for increasing access to the 5G-and-beyond millimeter wave (mmWave) network.
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Briefs: Materials
This device could pave the way to higher-bandwidth wireless communications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Classical laser communication gimbals are coupled to 105um multimodal receiving fibers for the high-power transmission of data, fine pointing, and tracking. These fibers cannot be used in...

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Engineers have added a new capability to electronic microchips: flight. About the size of a grain of sand, the new flying microchip (microflier) does not have a motor or engine. Instead, it...

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Briefs: Materials

Light-emitting diode (LED)-based communications techniques allow computing devices, including cellphones, to communicate with one another using infrared light. However, LED...

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Briefs: Photonics/Optics

A new research focusing on topological control capabilities in an integrated acoustic-electronic system at technologically relevant frequencies could pave the way for additional research...

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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Researchers have developed electronic skin (e-skin) that is applied directly on top of real skin. Made from soft, flexible rubber, it can be embedded with sensors that...

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Briefs: Imaging

Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an...

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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
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Briefs: Wearables
The mobile phone app enables regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In-wall capacitors power lights, phones, and laptops without wires.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
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Articles: Imaging
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2021 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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Briefs: Power
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
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Briefs: Communications
The phased array antenna based on large-area electronics technology could enable many uses of emerging 5G and 6G wireless networks.
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Technology Leaders: RF & Microwave Electronics
Easy-to-use reverberation test systems (RTS) measure the performance of wireless devices and antennas.
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Articles: Communications

To find out about the impact of 5G mobile broadband service on the IoT/IIoT, I interviewed Jai Suri, Vice President, IoT and Blockchain Applications Development, Oracle, and Mike Anderson, Embedded Systems...

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Articles: Communications
A tiny investment in system capital expenditures can lead to huge rewards in reduced capital and operating expenses.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
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Briefs: Communications
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
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Technology Leaders: Communications
Ball screws are helping manufacturers meet the growing demand for fiber optic cables generated by 5G communications.
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Articles: Internet of Things
Demand for wireless IoT cloud-connected devices is growing rapidly, yet deploying Wi-Fi battery-based products is difficult.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about widely used communications technologies for motion control.
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Q&A: Energy
Dr. Burak Ozpineci is developing a system that charges electric vehicles while driving.
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Technology Leaders: AR/AI
AI will only reach its full potential when it can be fed with a constant stream of data from a plentitude of diverse sources.
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