Articles
Male frog calls answer network node problem
Just as male frogs call at different times to attract their suitor, researchers have devised an algorithm to assign colours to network nodes so pairs of connected nodes are not the same colour. [ + ]
Tags help kiwi recovery
A Little Spotted Kiwi population is being monitored using radio tags fitted with chick timer software. [ + ]
Hospital staff benefit from wireless technology
UK hospital uses RFID tagging to track expensive clinical equipment. [ + ]
“Seven minutes of terror” set for Mars rover scientists
Australian dishes will be used to record the difficult landing of the rover onto the red planet on 6 August. [ + ]
ARCIA heads down memory lane
ARCIA is calling for individuals, companies and professional users to submit their stories and facts for its project on the land mobile radio industry history of Australia. [ + ]
System assists in forest fire evacuation
Zetron’s communications control technology has helped emergency response teams fight a wildfire in Tarragona, Spain. [ + ]
Will radio lure Gen Y and beyond?
Can we encourage the next generation to be involved in the radio industry? This article looks at how the industry can improve the balance of people entering and those retiring. [ + ]
Laboratory animals penetrate telemetry barriers
A prototype of implantable telemetry for monitoring animals, which uses a magnetic field to charge the implant, has been developed and patented at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. [ + ]
Water telemetry for remote communities
Pervasive Telemetry provides water site monitoring and telemetry to PWC. [ + ]
Simultaneous communication for River Island Clothing
A Hytera DMR system was deployed to solve the lack of coverage and poor connection problems at River Island Clothing’s distribution centre. [ + ]
Major equipment rollout creates challenge
A radio rollout for a Victorian fire authority presented a major challenge for Tait and AA Radio. [ + ]
To the Moon and back for finite frequencies
The SFCG has been managing finite radio waves that take data into space for 32 years. [ + ]
Monitoring and analysing lightning strikes
Lightning strikes are a frequent cause of system failures. A lightning monitoring system has been developed that can detect each lightning strike passing through an arrester and analyses it using typical lightning surge current parameters. [ + ]
Radio over IP network saves surf lifesavers
Surf Life Saving NSW commissioned Omnitronics to implement a RoIP network rollout along the state’s beaches. [ + ]
Vertel provides upgrade to air services
Vertel has provided an upgraded system and ongoing support to Airservices Australia. [ + ]
