New research will enable on-metal RFID tags to use the structure of the tagged object as the antenna. [ + ]

A rocket that will launch high into the ionosphere will help scientists learn more about disruptions to satellite signals. [ + ]

SCaN test bed enables radio characteristics and functionality to be changed simply by altering the software. [ + ]

A fuel cell-based charger that operates on water can be used to extend battery life. [ + ]

The USA’s Utilities Telecom Council says secure comms and networks are needed to ensure cyber and energy security. [ + ]

Tests in New York City have suggested how to improve emergency radio communications inside large buildings and tunnels. [ + ]

Global Sensor Network would make it easier and cheaper to communicate with remote regions within Australia and globally. [ + ]

GapSense software lets devices exchange simple stop and warning messages to avoid interfering with one another. [ + ]

Walter Hannam helped establish communications between Antarctica and the rest of the world in the early days of exploration of the frozen continent. [ + ]

Europe’s answer to GPS, Galileo, has achieved a fundamental step forward with its first ground position fix using four satellites. [ + ]

RadioComms Connect returns in 2013 as Comms Connect, and the organisers have issued a call for papers from the industry. [ + ]

Phased-array radar systems are replacing the familiar rotating dish and new time delay technology aims to make them smaller and cheaper. [ + ]

Much more can be done to use social media more effectively during crises, says Queensland academic Associate Professor Axel Bruns. [ + ]

Forty years to the day after he helped launch the age of portable mobile telecommunications, the Marconi Society has announced that Martin Cooper is the recipient of the 2013 Marconi Prize, considered the pinnacle honour in the field of communication and information science. [ + ]

A new study gauges public feelings of vulnerability to failure of the internet, mobile phones, electricity. [ + ]