Supercon 2023: Receiving Microwave Signals from Deep-Space Probes

Here’s the thing about radio signals. There is wild and interesting stuff just getting beamed around all over the place. Phrased another way, there are beautiful signals everywhere for those …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Receiving Microwave Signals from Deep-Space Probes

Identifying Malware by Sniffing its EM Signature

The phrase “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” is most often attributed to Carl Sagan, specifically from his television series Cosmos. Sagan was probably not the first person to put forward …read more Continue reading Identifying Malware by Sniffing its EM Signature

Analyzing CNC Tool Chatter with Audacity

When you’re operating a machine that’s powerful enough to tear a solid metal block to shards, it pays to be attentive to details. The angular momentum of the spindle of a modern CNC machine can be trouble if it gets unleashed the wrong way, which is why generations of machinists …read more

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