Researchers in Taiwan are working on a visible light communication system (VLC) made out of everyday laser pointers. The system achieves 500Mbps speeds with a single link, and 1Gbps using a Continue reading…
Wired recently ran a cover story on a new Utah data center being built by the NSA to store all of the agency's intercepted communications — everything from tweets to online receipts. The feature Continue reading…
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has seen his ability to communicate diminish as his Lou Gherig's disease has progressed — he currently "speaks" with a pair of infrared glasses that pick up Continue reading…
Twenty years ago, researcher Nathaniel Borenstein emailed a picture and recording of his barbershop quartet, the Telephone Chords (he's pictured at far right above.) The two files were the first-ever Continue reading…
When an Apple-loving 9to5Mac reader moved to Canada, he wanted to take his AT&T iPhone with him. He did the natural thing and called AT&T who did the natural thing and told him to call Apple, who, of Continue reading…
If you frequent websites that contain artificially constructed languages — and really, who doesn't? — you'll be pleased to know that Esperanto has been added as the 64th supported language in Continue reading…
Sony is announcing the CXD3271GW today, a new TransferJet-compatible LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) which it says offers the highest receiving sensitivity in the industry. TransferJet is a Continue reading…
One of the great scientists of modern civilization, the man to whom we owe the mighty specs of megahertz and gigahertz, is being commemorated by Google. February 22nd of this year marks the 155th Continue reading…
Quantum cryptography has been championed as the next step in security, with companies and governments investing in the technology that's been widely believed to be totally secure. This belief was Continue reading…
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has completed research that it says could let fiber optic networks use new parts of the spectrum. Using tiny chips of Continue reading…
