(May 26, 2016) Recently, the Federal Communications Commission fined Jason Humphreys $48,000 for using a cell phone jamming device in his car during his daily commute to and from work in Tampa for up to two years, reported PCMag.com. According to PCMag, "the jammer caused interference to cell service along Interstate 4, and disrupted police and mobile phone communications, … [Read more...]
Backup System to GPS Developed
(May 17, 2016) With the recent disruption of GPS service by North Korea still in mind, the Army News Service reports the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working now to develop a backup system to be used by service members in the event that access to GPS is denied to them by adversaries. A new project, the "Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in … [Read more...]
Britain's Most Famous Observatory at Risk
(May 17, 2016) Britain’s most famous observatory, Jodrell Bank, is currently at risk from a proposed housing estate two miles from the site. Observatory experts claim appliances, lighting, and other electronic products, will play havoc with their instruments. As a radio telescope, it is highly susceptible to levels of interference produced by electrical appliances – indeed the … [Read more...]
Advance Program for IEEE EMC 2016 Now Available
(May 23, 2016) In preparation of the IEEE EMC 2016 Symposium, the EMC 2016 Advance Program has recently been released for download. This free program will help attendees better plan their trips to this year’s five day EMC symposium. Inside includes all that is in store for the week. The IEEE EMC Symposium is an event for engineers, to provide the knowledge and tools that help … [Read more...]
Low Cost Emission Identifies Electronic Products
(May 3, 2016) Disney Research has developed a low cost method to identify various electronic products by the radiated emissions signature each produces. The technique was developed by Disney Research’s Chouchang Yang and Alanson P. Sample who presented the method May 3 at the IEEE International Conference on RFID 2016 in Orlando, Fla. Disney Research reported how conventional … [Read more...]
EMILY Robot is A Lifesaver
(May 6, 2016) Officially known as the "Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard", EMILY is "a remote-controlled buoy recently used to rescue nearly 300 Syrian migrants from drowning off the Greek island of Lesbos, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced May 5," reported Navy.mil. Navy.mil stated EMILY is "capable of punching through 30-foot waves or smashing into … [Read more...]
Researchers Analyze Electromagnetic Fields for White Sands Missile Range
(April 4, 2016) White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is responsible for field testing electronic products destined for use by the U.S. military. Part of that task is evaluating the electromagnetic emissions of those products. New Mexico State University Electrical Engineering Associate Professors Muhammad Dawood and Sang-Yeon Cho (pictured), along with Assistant Professor of … [Read more...]
Pirate Radio Station Busted in Southwest China After Interfering with Plane Landing
(May 4, 2016) An illegal, so-called, “black” radio station in southwestern China has been shut down after a plane encountered communication interference with the control tower while landing at an airport. According to the South China Morning Post, the "flight crew and ground staff at the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport found that the signal of their communication … [Read more...]
South Korea Revives GPS Backup After Cyber Attack
(May 1, 2016) After it was determined earlier this year North Korea had jammed the GPS satellite navigation system affecting the receivers of several hundred fishing boats, South Korea has revived a project to build a backup ship navigation system that would be difficult to hack, reported the Maritime Executive. "South Korea, which says it has faced repeated attempts by the … [Read more...]
Task Force Created To Assess the Risk of Collision Between Drones and Aircraft
(May 4, 2016) The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recently announced the creation of a task force to assess the risk of collision between drones and aircraft. The task force will review all relevant occurrences, analyze any existing studies on the subject, study the vulnerabilities of aircraft (windshields, engines, and airframe), and consider the possibility to do … [Read more...]
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