In 2013, Nuviz successfully completed a crowdfunding campaign for a head-up display (HUD) device for motorcyclists that would attach directly to an existing helmet. Four years later, the device is ready for release, putting customizable information close to the rider’s natural line of sight.
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Drones could bring benefit to disaster-relief scenarios by serving as temporary communications networks in place of those destroyed by the event. Researchers have now taken a step forward in this area by demonstrating a drone-based cell network that offers coverage kilometers away.
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A team at Disney Research is looking at harnessing a technique called ultra-wideband (UWB) ambient backscatter, which would allow IoT devices to save power and ditch their radio transmitters by piggybacking their communications on the multitude of FM and cellular signals already in the air.
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A team at UC San Diego has developed a new type of laser that makes use of an unusual physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum (BIC), which keeps the light waves confined even when in an open system, and can be adjusted to emit beams of different wavelengths and shapes.
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TUNA is a tactical data network uses a system of rapidly-deployable buoys and advanced fiber optic technology to temporarily reestablish data networks at sea.
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The handy LinkNYC booths that were first installed in New York City this January are crossing the Atlantic and coming to London. Under the guise LinkUK, the booths will provide the public with ultrafast Wi-Fi, charging for mobile devices, free calls and local information.
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In an age when digital information can fly around the connected networks of the world in the blink of an eye, it may seem a little old timey to consider delivering messages by hand. Panasonic has developed a prototype comms system where data is transmitted from one person to another through touch.
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More robust connections would certainly help nudge things along and usher in applications like drone deliveries, and AT&T believes it has a role to play. The company will soon kick off trials designed to test how drones perform on its commercial 4G LTE and future networks such as 5G.
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Innomdle Lab has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new wearable that is looking to take a jab at convention by forming speakers from fingertips. The Sgnl smart strap is designed to transmit vibrations through the hand, which become amplified sound upon one touching an ear.
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Trains aren't the best when it comes to using mobile phones, with some cars offering reception similar to that of an elevator shaft. To help remedy this, EPFL has come up with train windows made of a laser-treated glass that insulates without interfering with mobile phone reception
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