Last week brought news of massive jamming to stymie radio broadcasts, emails, and cell phone communications beaming both out of and into Iran, thus challenging the ability of journalists to cover the massive protests that erupted after the results of that country’s presidential election met with widespread skepticism and charges of election fraud.  Now, broadcasters are … [Read more...]

Last week’s edition of the eNews contained two errors that were doubtless spotted by our alert readers. The last name of long time IEEE stalwart and Lord Kelvin Award recipient Don Heirman was misspelled. Also, the article on media jamming and civil unrest referred to the nation of Iran, not Iraq. We truly know better and apologize to our readership for the slips in … [Read more...]

There may have been a time when political science, international relations, and information technology seemed like three demanding but largely unrelated subjects, but history has a way of confounding our expectations. The current civil unrest in Iran following last Friday’s disputed presidential election results is certainly a case in point. The BBC reports that its BBC Persia … [Read more...]

Mine That Bird may have won the Kentucky Derby, but for generations scientists have wondered what steers all those birds. What explains the ability of migratory flocks to fly north as the weather warms and south again as winter approaches? Now, scientists at the University of Illinois believe they have come up with an answer and have published an article in the latest issue of … [Read more...]