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Next generation lens promises more control

Next generation lens promises more control

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater ...


Researchers patent enabling technology for spread-spectrum systems

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you've ever gotten the dreaded "network busy" message while trying to make a cell phone call, you've experienced the complication of sharing a single network with numerous other users.


Rensselaer researchers to develop and test next-generation radar systems

Rensselaer researchers to develop and test next-generation radar systems

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a grant for $792,000 from the U.S. Air Force to create a new laboratory for developing and testing next-generation radar systems that overcome ...


Can radar be used to deter bats from approaching wind turbines?

Can radar be used to deter bats from approaching wind turbines?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large numbers of bats are killed by colliding with turbine blades or by experiencing sudden depressurisation immediately adjacent to the blade.


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Boston airport testing radar to avoid avian accidents

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 weblog

Airports have grappled with the issue of sharing the sky with members of the avian family for decades. Most recently, US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make a water landing in the Hudson River off of New ...


Common GPS could help better track airline flights (AP)

Common GPS could help better track airline flights

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental ...