Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration has determined that wind turbines projected for construction on the border of Swanton and St. Albans, Vermont, would jeopardize the airspace of the Franklin County State Airport and the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center. “According to a Notice of Presumed Hazard posted on the FAA’s website, the 499-foot-tall wind turbines … [Read more...]
ISIS Possibly Using Modern Technology for Encryption and Communication
According to NBC News, senior European intelligence officials say that France's ability to prevent attacks like last Friday’s is now challenged by ISIS keeping their electronic communications secret. “Officials believe the ISIS ‘geek squad’ is teaching terrorists how to use encryption and communication platforms like Silent Circle, Telegram and WhatsApp,” NBC News … [Read more...]
New Recipient of 2015 ESD Research Council Grant
Recently, the EOS/ESD Association announced the recipient of the 2015 ESD Research Council (ERC) research grant. According to the Electrostatic Discharge Association, the research team consisted of Pasi Tamminen, Tampere University of Technology (TUT); Dr. Jeremy Smallwood, Electrostatic Solutions; Dr. Wolfgang Stadler, Intel; and Professor Leena Ukkonen from the Tampere … [Read more...]
New Recommendations for Medical Device Companies Regarding EMC
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a list of recommendations for medical device companies who want to claim electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of products for premarket submissions. “FDA reviews these types of claims based on the risk of EMC malfunction or degradation of the device under review, and in accordance with industry standards,” Med … [Read more...]
Cellphone and Laptop Covers Reportedly Prevent Radiation
A relatively new company, known as SafeSleeve, produces cellphone and laptop covers that reportedly prevent radiation exposure to people. “Their first product was a laptop case, which uses military-grade materials to prevent radiation waves from emitting to the body. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified their research reducing electromagnetic radiation up to … [Read more...]
‘EM-Sense’ Technology Developed for Smartwatches
Recently, Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research developed a new technology that could allow smartwatches to recognize what objects users are touching. “The technique, called EM-Sense, takes advantage of the body's natural electrical conductivity to detect whether a person is touching an electrical or electromechanical device and, based on the distinctive … [Read more...]
Researchers Investigate Millimeter Band Wave
Streaming services, games, cloud storage, as well as web conferencing and remote desktop services cause stress on conventional wireless networks. This creates a huge demand for wireless capacity that cannot be solved with increases to the existing spectrum. “Mobile broadband data demand will grow by a thousandfold between 2010 and 2020," Upamanyu Madhow, a professor in UC … [Read more...]
Researchers Construct New Power Interruption Technology
Korean Researchers have recently created the world’s first Mott device that reduces the size and improves the performance of traditional electromagnetic switches and circuit breakers. The research team has created a power interruption technology based on a Mott metal-insulator transition (Mott MIT) device. According to Phys.org, MIT devices can be applied to electromagnetic … [Read more...]
Flexible Material Controls Electronic Emissions and EMP
Conductive Composites, a company in Utah, has developed a flexible material that is thin and tough enough for wallpaper or woven fabric to keep electronic emissions in and electromagnetic pulses out. “Conductive Composites has created a method to layer nickel on carbon to form a material that’s light and moldable like plastic yet can disperse energy like a traditional metal … [Read more...]
UK Flights Delayed Due to Radio Interference
Recently, passengers from Edinburgh Airport in Scotland were delayed because of a technical issue with air traffic control. “It is understood the problem stemmed from ‘radio interference’ on frequencies used to speak to aircraft pilots – with the cause of the interference apparently resting on a faulty piece of equipment,” the Stornoway Gazette reported. According to a … [Read more...]
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