Global Times reports a plan to relocate of thousands of people away from the site of the world's largest radio telescope in Southwest China's Guizhou Province said a source in charge of the project. Around 9,100 people from 2,029 families living within 5 kilometers of the radio telescope will be relocated by the end of September, reported the Xinhua News Agency. "The telescope … [Read more...]
Air Force Seeks to Apply High-power Electromagnetics Technologies to EW and Cyber Warfare
Military & Aerospace editor, John Keller, reports U.S. Air Force weapons experts are looking to industry for new technologies to apply high-power electromagnetics (HPEM) technologies to electronic warfare (EW) and cyber warfare. Officials of the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., released a broad agency … [Read more...]
Hospital’s New Tool Could Save Breast Cancer Patients Additional Pain
Lynne Adkins, reporter for CBS in Philadelphia reports doctors at Einstein Medical Center are using a new tool to find cancerous tissue during breast cancer surgery. The Margin Probe System uses electromagnetic waves to detect cancerous tissue around malignant tumors, while doctors are performing lumpectomies. Adkins reports, "Dr. Lisa Jablon, director of breast surgery at … [Read more...]
"Weird Music" on Dark Side of the Moon Probably Interference
The New York Times reports Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan did hear weird sounds during their lunar orbit in 1969, but the noise was likely the result of radio interference, not extraterrestrial musicians. The strange sounds apparently emanated from interference between VHF systems on the lunar module and the command module orbiting the … [Read more...]
Automotive-Focused Wireless Communication Test House Opens Lab
Together with several automotive technology partners, wireless communication test and consulting firm Cetecom (Paris) has launched the Open Lab Alliance (OLA), aimed to accelerate the development of connected vehicle and autonomous vehicle technologies. The OLA provides real world in-lab test scenarios necessary for developing connected vehicle subsystems and applications. It … [Read more...]
ESA’s Mercury Orbiter Tested for EMC
ESA’s Mercury orbiter underwent electromagnetic compatibility, radiated emission and susceptibility testing last month inside the Maxwell chamber of ESA’s ESTEC Test Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. If the orbiter of the BepiColombo mission seems to stand at an unusual angle above its test chamber floor, that’s because it does – intentionally so. “We are performing two … [Read more...]
Meeting the Challenge of “Universal" Coverage in the Coming 5G Era
The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) has recently published a white paper on potential coverage and reliability of 5G networks, especially in rural areas. Dr. Tim Brown of 5GIC, reports, "Everyone can foresee a gigantic capacity challenge for wireless networks over the coming decades. The research community is responding well by developing 5G technology in … [Read more...]
Engineers of Major Plane Company Back New Labor Contracts
Fortune Magazine reports Boeing Company's engineers’ union ratified new six-year labor contracts by a wide margin recently that will ensure stability during a period when the plane maker is bringing out new versions of its two most profitable jetliners, the 737 and the 777. More than 70 percent of voters backed the agreements for two bargaining units of the Society … [Read more...]
World Radio Day – IEC Work Supports Relief Efforts During and After Disasters
World Radio Day marks the anniversary of the first broadcast by UN Radio on 13 February 1946. “Radio in times of emergency and disaster”, the theme of this year’s World Radio Day, offers the opportunity to highlight radio’s unique contribution to help communities respond to and recover from natural disasters, crises and conflicts, or mitigate their impact, as highlighted by … [Read more...]
Fix Coming for County's Interference-Plagued 911 Radio System
After a broadcast station 100 miles away in Virginia caused interference and blockage to Lancaster County (PA) for nearly a year, a fix is finally on the way. The digital trunked communications system is comprised of about 5,800 radios of first responders will be reprogrammed with new frequencies that won't be susceptible to interference from the WFDC tower in Arlington or any … [Read more...]
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