Can Cellphones Save the World?
With all the glitz at CES, it can be easy to forget that the best tech does more than look slick: It actually solves real problems. And today I learned that we might be…
View ArticleResearchers Predict the Weather Using Cell Towers
Researchers from Tel Aviv University believe they've found a way to detect the severity of an oncoming flood in any given location using date from the area's network of cell…
View ArticleMIT Uses Your Phone's Sensors to Predict Its Movement And Keep Your Network...
The need for more consistent cell reception has led to some major, expensive efforts from wireless carriers--they might spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new 4G…
View ArticleOnLive Creator Claims He Can Bring Ultrafast Wireless to Everyone, Seemingly...
Steve Perlman, founder of the cloud-based gaming-on-demand service OnLive, claims to have discovered a new method of wireless communications that would not only drastically outpace what we have now,...
View ArticleTracking Tag Uses Cell Towers Instead Of GPS To Find Your Stuff
iTraq, a credit-card-sized tracking tag, uses cellular networking to locate your belongings anywhere in the world it can get a cell signal.
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