A portable fabric antenna can revolutionize communications
A collaboration between the American University of Beirut and Stanford brings to light a portable woven antenna, revolutionizing space and terrestrial communications.
The Hydraulic Telegraph: Advanced Communications in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece used water to transmit messages with a simple but effective system that was a prelude to modern telecommunications
ETH transmits terabits of data with a laser beam and (maybe) makes history
Masterstroke of ETH Zurich transmitting terabits of data across the Swiss mountains using a laser. A new era for telecommunications is opening.
Happy birthday, smartphones! What about the next 50 years of mobile telephony?
From the first call on a mobile phone to the post-smartphone future: evolution and hopes of mobile telephony.
Twist, public phones are back in Philadelphia
In the era of smartphones, a US company is bringing public phones back to the city (free of charge) to help the homeless and people in distress. Beautiful and poetic idea. Will it work?
Starlink: how Elon Musk will upset telecommunications
How (in short) Starlink works, the constellation of satellites wanted by Elon Musk, and what will change in telecommunications.
Aqua-Fi, underwater Wi-fi arrives
A system able to extend the Wi-fi even in the sea depths to improve rescue and underwater missions? It is in development, and is called Aqua-Fi.
Oppo MeshTalk: calls and SMS without connection
Oppo MeshTalk (the "mesh" in the name says it) makes the devices knots of a mesh that bounces the signals towards the destination, even without a connection.
