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RF-IED threat looms over Amarnath Yatra

The alert on RF-IEDs comes against the backdrop of these devices increasingly being used by militant groups since the start of this year and also in view of the terrorist attack on the yatra in July last year

1 min read29 Jun 2018
Industry

Damp iPhone demand to pressure RF chipmakers, says Morgan Stanley

Disappointing iPhone sales and a build up in Apple's inventory would continue to pressure radio frequency (RF) chipmakers, brokerage Morgan Stanley has said

1 min read5 Feb 2018
Politics

Indian Railways to use radio-frequency tags to track wagons, coaches

With radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices, it will be easier for Indian Railways to know the exact position of wagons, locomotives and coaches

1 min read1 May 2017
Science

Nasa working on high-speed space ‘internet’

Nasa is working on a laser communications technology that could become the high-speed internet of the sky by enabling higher data rates for connections between spacecraft and Earth

2 min read23 Mar 2017
Opinion

Tepid response to FM radio auction

With only 66 frequencies provisionally sold, the auctions were a letdown

4 min read16 Feb 2017
Opinion

Maximising the data brain

True power is gained when isolated pockets of data are combined into a collective vision

3 min read7 Sep 2016
News

Clues to mystery of what causes lightning found

Scientists say narrow bipolar events caused by fast positive breakdown initiates most or even all of the lightning flashes typically seen in thunderstorms

1 min read2 Mar 2016
News

British scientists turn radio frequency waves into usable electricity

British science minister Drayson used the energy created by the signals from mobile phones to power a loudspeaker at the Royal Institution

1 min read1 Oct 2015
Opinion

FM auctions: Any takers for leftovers?

The frequencies in small towns are not generating enough interest among the 26 operators who have been given the go-ahead by the government to bid in the auctions

4 min read30 Jul 2015
Industry

Miners radio tag trucks, will others follow?

Push towards deploying RFID in an increasing number of mining firms comes at a time of heightened govt scrutiny

3 min read23 May 2013
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