The Federal Aviation Administration approved the use of iPads instead of paper flight manuals for pilots in the cockpit on American Airlines flights. Passengers, however, are still required to shut down anything with the slightest electronic pulse from the moment a plane leaves the gate until it reaches an altitude of 10,000 feet.The 1.5-pound iPad will replace about 35 pounds … [Read more...]
Tests Help Ensure Reliable Wireless Alarm Beacons for First Responders
Tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are helping to ensure that alarm beacons for firefighters and other emergency responders will operate reliably in the presence of other wireless devices.PASS devices sense movement and activate an alarm if a firefighter remains motionless for too long. Newer Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) systems also have … [Read more...]
Navy Tests Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
The Navy recently launched F-35C test aircraft CF-3 with its new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS).Testing the F-35C on EMALS provided an early opportunity to evaluate technical risks and began the process to integrate the carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter with the future carrier fleet aircraft launching system.This summer, the F-35C test team completed more … [Read more...]
Wireless Car Charged by Electromagnetic Induction Floor Pad
Nissan has developed a wireless charging pad that recharges the battery simply by parking the vehicle on top of a ground transmission unit.The Nissan wireless charger works by electromagnetic induction; electricity is drawn from the recharging coil in a housing mounted on a garage floor and into contacts inside the vehicle.Researchers in Korea reportedly are even working on an … [Read more...]
Electromagnetic Fields Control Tumor Growth
New evidence by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers that specific electromagnetic fields can safely block the proliferation of cancer cells and tumor growth may help refine a new, targeted therapy without any collateral damage.Very low levels of amplitude-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields block cancer-cell growth in a tumor- and tissue-specific … [Read more...]
Electric Potential: EMI Shielding in Electric Vehicle Applications
The growing challenge of preventing electromagnetic interference (EMI) is particularly acute in the automotive sector. Cars feature increasing numbers of electronic systems, often in close proximity because of packaging constraints. Information systems such as GPS receivers, entertainment systems such as DVD players, and convenience features such as reversing aid cameras all … [Read more...]
Vehicles Propelled by Electromagnets
Romanian-based designer Lucian Popescu wants to use EMP to power a pair of futuristic concept vehicles. Popescu’s two EMP concepts use his Pandur 2L Sphere System for propulsion. The system, located within the vehicle’s spherical wheels, uses computer controlled electromagnets to move the sphere. There is no other motor, and suspension is provided by the electromagnetic field … [Read more...]
New Laboratory for Antenna Research and Testing
CellMax Technologies has begun construction of a new indoor antenna laboratory in Sweden. The lab will be used to research and test 'next generation' base station antennas as a key ingredient in mobile network performance.Known as a near-field antenna measuring range, CellMax's facility is currently being built inside CellMax brand new corporate headquarters in Kista, … [Read more...]
iPhone Combusts on Australian Flight
A Regional Express passenger’s Apple iPhone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow after landing. The Flight Attendant carried out recovery actions immediately and the red glow was extinguished successfully. The matter was reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau as well as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for investigation … [Read more...]
Scientists Create Light from Vacuum
Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum – observing an effect first predicted over 40 years ago. Chalmers scientist, Christopher Wilson and his co-workers have succeeded in getting photons to leave their virtual state and become real photons, i.e. measurable light. The physicist Moore predicted way back in 1970 that this … [Read more...]
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