WIRELESS EUROPE DIGEST: OCTOBER 2000 EDITION
Safety issues threaten the health of the mobile telephone industry Mixed messages abound regarding the potential health risks of mobile phones and masts, but one thing is clear – the mobile phone industry must address these issues if its own health is not to suffer. Much of the confusion has arisen because of the varying working methods for... view more... (2000-10-11)
Taking Marconi`s Atlantic leap into the virtual zone
December 12th 2001 marks the centenary of Guglielmo Marconi's transmission of the first wireless signal across the Atlantic. Today, a hundred years later, the world of communications technology has advanced way beyond anything Marconi himself could have imagined. There are examples of communications companies all over the world but one in... view more... (2001-12-11)
Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones'
Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. view more (2008-09-26)
P2P traffic control
Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California, writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems. view more (2009-01-07)
Satellite broadband to boost rural economies
The so-called digital divide that excludes rural communities from the benefits of broadband access could be overcome by using a combination of wireless networks and satellite receivers. A new project aims to bring high-speed internet connections to rural areas of England and Scotland. The system could benefit rural economies and the market for... view more... (2003-10-15)
Study: Wireless sensors limit earthquake damage
An earthquake engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in the simulated structural control of a model laboratory building. view more (2007-04-17)
Data fly like bees to blossoms
The future belongs to mobile data processing. But the bandwidth offered by Bluetooth & Co exceeds what many devices need and power consumption is also too high. A CMOS production line has been set up in Duisburg for the sparing wireless standard ZigBee. One characteristic of brave new electronic world is the increasing use of wireless... view more... (2004-03-18)
As high-spec home entertainment goes wireless
A high performance, low-cost wireless home connectivity solution for applications requiring the multi-streaming of high-quality video has been demonstrated by a team of EU-funded researchers. view more (2005-04-07)
Accidental wireless
Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive in time to save them. view more (2009-02-10)
Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities
The next time you're sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless café, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage to your computer's operating system by secretly tapping into your network card's unique device driver. view more (2006-09-13)
Wireless ad hoc networks
Developers will be presenting a self-organizing communications network during the e/home trade fair in Berlin. Users can enjoy wireless Internet access or remotely control utilities in the home without having to deal with complex installations or equipment compatibility. view more (2004-08-27)
Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system
UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux. view more (2007-05-30)
Optical wireless and broadband over power lines: High speed, secure Wi-Fi alternative
Penn State engineers have shown that a white-LED system for lighting and high data-rate indoor wireless communications, coupled with broadband over either medium- or low-voltage power line grids (BPL), can offer transmission capacities that exceed DSL or cable and are more secure than RF. view more (2006-01-12)
Bridging the gap between wireless sensor networks and the scientists who use them
A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds' nesting behaviors, for example. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University have written the language with the novice... view more... (2009-04-08)
SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
Imagine paramedics mobilizing a team of cardiologists and nurses within minutes of arriving at the home of a person who is having a heart attack, simply by pressing a button that sends an electrocardiogram (ECG) over a wireless network. view more (2007-05-18)
Developing countries 'leapfrog' to mobile technologies
Although many developing countries are leapfrogging to new, mobile, wireless technologies as drivers for development different business models are required, according to preliminary findings from a senior industry Think Tank. view more (2005-04-01)
Maximum Comfort for Patients
A multiple-parameter medical network with wireless sensors for the measurement of vital body functions will be exhibited by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS at the CeBIT 2004. It is comfortable and convenient to wear - the wireless sensor wristband of Fraunhofer IIS for the measurement of the pulse waves and the oxygen saturation... view more... (2004-03-05)
To be or not to be a mimic
What is the world coming to? An unsuspecting reef fish steps up to have its parasites removed by its favourite cleaner fish, the bluestreak cleaner wrasse, but instead of a thorough going over, it gets a nasty nip from the cleverly disguised bluestriped fangblenny, intent on a quick feed. view more (2005-01-20)
High Speed Wireless Data Transfer from VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland
VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) has developed a fast and flexible radio modem, enabling wireless indoor network. The performance of the modem is approximately 20-200 times better compared to similar commercial (WLAN, Bluetooth) technologies. If compared to GSM and UMTS technologies, the new modem is 5000 times faster than the former and... view more... (2002-09-02)
The Prehistoric Sites At Atapuerca Incorporate Sophisticated Technology Developed By IBM
An innovative IT system and a world-wide pioneer in this type of project - set to facilitate on-site data taking Atapuerca, Burgos, 10 July, 2002: IBM and the Fundaci'łn Atapuerca today unveiled a sophisticated IT system at the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos) sites that will allow archaeologists to carry out data-taking and investigative work on-site... view more... (2002-07-12)
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