Collaborate Disseminate
A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it’s time for everyone to move on. They liken it to the way a… Continue reading Elephants ‘sing’ like a barbershop quartet when it’s time to get moving
A solar superstorm in May caused thousands of satellites to simultaneously maneuver to maintain altitude due to the thickening of the upper atmosphere, creating potential collision hazards as existing prediction systems struggled to cope. Space.com rep… Continue reading May Solar Superstorm Caused Largest ‘Mass Migration’ of Satellites In History
On July 12, 1999, the last Morse code message was sent from a Bay Area radio station, marking the end of an era. Every July 12, the Historic KPH Maritime Radio Receiving Station in Point Reyes revives the golden age of maritime radio, with volunteers e… Continue reading Nation’s Last Morse Code Station Comes Back To Life On Annual ‘Night of Nights’ In Point Reyes
Ars Technica’s Eric Berger writes: On the day before Christmas last year, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from California and put two spy satellites into low-Earth orbit for the armed forces of Germany, which are collectively called the Bundeswehr. Initiall… Continue reading Two of the German Military’s New Spy Satellites Appear To Have Failed In Orbit
Digital audio broadcasting (DAB+) and internet radio have largely replaced traditional FM radio in Switzerland, with digital radio holding an 81% share of use in spring 2023. Due to the high costs of maintaining FM transmitters and declining financial … Continue reading Swiss Broadcasting Corporation To Pull Plug On FM Radio
Humans are fairly unique as a species because we refer to one another by name. This process, using vocal labels to identify another individual, is learned; people aren’t born knowing the personal names of all their familial and social contacts. Whereas… Continue reading Elephants talk to family and friends using individual ‘names’
Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made the world’s first phone call using “immersive audio and video” technology, which improves call quality with “three-dimensional” sound. The technology, part of the upcoming 5G Advanced standard, makes interactions more life… Continue reading Nokia Unveils ‘Future of Voice Calls’
This spells trouble for rural businesses that have already been hurt by the turn off of 3G networks. Continue reading 4G “Unlikely” to be Extended to 95% of U.K. by End of 2025, Causing Issues for Rural Businesses
Increasingly redundant copper wires may be worth over $7 billion to telecommunications firms, should they take the trouble to recycle them. From a report: The estimate comes from British engineering company TXO, which claims there’s up to 800,000 metri… Continue reading Recycling Old Copper Wires Could Be Worth Billions For Telcos
Roughly 160,000 U.S.-based amateur radio enthusiasts belong to the American Radio Relay League, a nonprofit with 100 full-time and part-time staff members.
Nine days ago it announced “that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its network and syst… Continue reading American Radio Relay League Confirms Cyberattack Disrupted Operations