Wi-Sys Communications GPS antenna
08 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Step Global Pty Ltd
Wi-Sys Communications has launched the WS3978 40 dB gain, high rejection hard mount antenna series.
RFID: a mechanics dream
05 December, 2007
Radio frequency tagging has reached the motor vehicle manufacturing industry but not just as a guide to warehouse parts: the latest tags are actually attached to components inside a working car
Handheld radios
05 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Vertex Standard (Australia) Pty Ltd
The VX-820 series of commercial handheld radios are IP57 submersible and come standard with a powerful 2000 mAh Li-Ion battery for long talk times. A 3000 mAh Li-Ion battery is also available. Designed for use in hazardous environments, the devices each exceed the military specification 810C/D/E/F. They are claimed to be the smallest digital APCO25 radios in the world.
Smart antennas key to 4G mobile broadband adoption
15 November, 2007
Smart and adaptive antenna technologies are entering a stage of full market acceptance, according to a report from West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS), a Silicon Valley-based research, publishing and consultancy company focused on emerging wireless technologies.
Student blasts away international opposition with 10 watts
09 November, 2007
Macquarie University electronics PhD student Michael Boers has defeated competitors from universities in the US, Canada and Korea by designing and building an ultra-efficient radio frequency (RF) power amplifier.
Wireless, flexible and stretchable ECG patch
05 November, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
Wearable, wire free and easy to set up do not usually describe devices that monitor heart rate and cardiac activity
Internet multicasting
05 November, 2007 | Supplied by: Omnitronics Pty Ltd
Until now, the ability to perform multicasting over the internet has not been possible. Omnitronics has implemented a technique to overcome this issue to enable a number of radios to be linked together over the internet in a peer-to-peer arrangement. Once in operation, audio received from any radio will be transmitted to every other radio.
Radio dishes activated and collecting
05 November, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
The first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are working and collecting data from outer space, according to the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute
Joint development to empower portable UHF RFID readers
01 November, 2007
IDS Microchip and austriamicrosystems have partnered to develop a UHF RFID reader IC targeted at the portable reader market. These readers would be used to interrogate Gen 2 RFID tags allowing contactless identification of goods or materials in a broad range of applications.
Speakers announced for active RFID conference
25 October, 2007
IDTechEx will stage the conference Active RFID and RTLS in Dallas, USA. The conference’s title emphasises the fast growing real-time locating systems (RTLS) used from hospitals to dockyards for locating people and assets.
Apparel manufacturer converts RFID program
22 October, 2007
Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, has announced that Lemmi Fashion, a Fritzlar, Germany-based supplier of children's apparel, is deploying the Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products as the cornerstone of its RFID program conversion from high frequency (HF) to ultra high frequency (UHF) passive RFID within its global supply chain.
WCDMA achieves 70% market share
18 October, 2007
WCDMA has achieved 70% market share of all commercial 3G networks, according to GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association.
Keynote speakers announced
15 October, 2007
The WiMAX Forum and Informa Telecoms & Media announced participation commitments from 10 keynote speakers and more than 30 sponsors and exhibitors for their 2008 Events Series.
The strengths of mobile radio
03 October, 2007 by Paul Elmes, Tait Electronics | Supplied by: Tait Electronics (Aust) Pty Ltd
When Cyclone Larry ripped through the northern Queensland coast last year, crops were left ravaged, homes destroyed and local infrastructure severely damaged
Marine chartplotter
03 October, 2007 | Supplied by: GME Pty Ltd
When BlueChart g2 Vision is plugged into a Garmin chartplotter full graphical capabilities are expanded.