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The Incredible Shrinking Antenna
pinkUZI writes "NYTimes ran an article yesterday about a new material, created by a general manager at Integral Technologies, that would enable use of the plastic mold of a cell phone as its Antenna. Pretty neat, as it actually increases the size of the antenna while decreasing the footprint."
How I love the feel of the cold air as I masturbate on all of you, FIRST WANK!
Does this even work with a hand holding the plastic case?
~~~LXT~~~
Life is like a computer program: anything that can't happen, will.
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If I were only smart enough to accomplish the things I dream about.. Or maybe too dumb to care.
Great, now my phone is gonna be so tiny I can put it on my keychain!
With Intel planning on integrated circuits with radio antennas built in by 2010, I wonder if this technology can me melded to provided better range and gain. For example, if your PDA is the size of a 100mm square chip and is embedded in your neck, you can get a range of 10 meters instead of one.
How does this affect the old "Brain Cancer" study for cell phones?
I heard that you want the antenna pointing out, not up, now the whole phone's the antenna.
Anyone know the dealio with this? IANAD, so please take this with a grain of salt.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
1) Place said cell phone into a cold swimming pool.
2) Watch and learn.
Fazigu ODKextender/[ODKextender] works in a similar manner and you can fabricate it in your workshop or kitchen!
...will be less obvious when u call home to kiss your mommy's fat, walmart ass.
I'm definitely not the athority on this subject, but i thought the antenna was tuned to the proper frequency and that making it longer (or shorter) would make it less effective. Anybody want to speak to this?
This assumes that cellphones can give you braincancer (they certainly can give you headaches;)
This makes the antenna bigger. That means that the phone will send the braincancer waves to a bigger part of your brain, don't it? And it will be more difficult to shield the antenna because the outside of the phone will be a complete antenna. Also a larger antenna doesn't neccesarely mean that it's better, I believe that for every wavelength there's an optimal size (if I remember correctly).
Or you can just plug yourself into a high-yield electrical outlet and become the antenna!
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It'd be nice to not have an antenna to break off, but I don't want it to be any more effective than the current ones, unless it's more directional, which the article does not indicate it is. More effective cell coverage seems a better solution to me.
On the other hand, some of the other applications sound mighty nice, especially for military vehicles and such.
My Nokia 3330 (and I believe most nokias) already doesn't have an external antenna, so what's the big deal? Perhaps the antenna would effectivly be larger but again, I don't see a great deal of point in that, it's very rare that I get less than about 75% signal strength already, and there's more cells going up all the time.
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And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour Isaiah 3:5
You don't want the output power to actually be doubled...you want it to be just right, and your output power is effectively government by the cellsite that you're using for your upstream transmission.
;-)
So hopefully this will just end up as a more *efficient* antenna and not a more powerful one
I can also see some cellphone manufacturers not wanting to cast their phones in silcone -- preferring ABS.
Plus, I wonder that without an RF "hotspot" where the antenna is, would this phone have a *better* chance of irradiating your head?
Try this thread, interesting info.
Imagine all the implanted execs actually looking forward to boring meetings to call up their dial-a-pr0n.
Gotta love those dry days, when you're walking on a thick carpet and your phone rings.
Hope you don't keep it in your pants pocket.
"Wh ... what are you talking about," Karen finally stammered, watching Kelly play with
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the medallion's chain.
"Oh please, Karen!" Kelly shot back disdainfully. "Let's not play the astonished
innocent anymore." As if to reinforce her point, Karen shrank another inch.
"Kelly, give me the medallion." Karen stretched desperately, but was too short to reach
Kelly's raised hand. "You don't know
"What I'm doing?" Her tall tormentor interrupted, still dangling the artifact playfully just
out of reach. "Hmmm, let's see." Another inch disappeared. "Why, I think I know
exactly what I'm doing, don't you? I mean, you're proof of that. And I can tell you I've
never had such fun. I never thought about shrinking people before, but now that I have
it's awesome! Did you see how darling Gina looked at five feet tall?"
"You did that?" Karen gasped.
"Of course. Why? Were you planning it, too?" She smiled conspiratorially. "Why,
Karen, I never would have guessed. Hidden darkness, I guess. Yeah, I always thought
she looked like a cheerleader anyway, and with her youthful face and that cute little body
I gave her, everyone will assume she's in high school again. I'd love to see her face
when she keeps getting carded tonight, or when she finds out her clothes at home fit just
as badly."
As Kelly mused, Karen thought she had a chance to surprise her, and made a sudden leap,
nearly snagging the medallion as hoped. Unfortunately, Kelly lifted it just in time, and
Karen lost her footing as she flailed coming down, ending up sprawled awkwardly at
Kelly's feet. Her position reminded her that she'd lost her skirt, and she used her
oversize shirt to quickly cover up.
Kelly glared down at her, her eyes flashing angrily.
"OK, Karen, that'll cost you
Karen felt the tingle as she stood and collected herself, and now found herself staring at
the underside of Kelly's breasts where they pushed her blouse out tautly. They were
beginning to take on impressive dimensions to her increasingly reduced perspective, and
she caught herself staring before collecting herself. She had to back up a step to see
Kelly's face clearly, and the cold expression there did nothing to reassure her.
"Try it again, and I'll take twelve," Kelly warned.
Karen tried to restore her equanimity and dignity, picking up her skirt to recover herself,
but it was now so loose, it wouldn't stay on her hips.
"Don't bother," Kelly laughed, seeming to warm up again at seeing Karen's frustration.
"Your shirt and jacket fit you like a dress now anyway. And it's not like I'm trying to
sneak a peek." She clucked her tongue disapprovingly. "Besides, it's your own fault -
shrinking people but not their clothes. Kinky. Didn't know you had it in you."
Another tingle. Karen was at mid abdomen level now.
"Kelly, what are you doing?" she asked urgently, her voice definitely creeping up in
pitch. Her jacket sleeves went well past her hands, and she absently kept pulling them
back up. Her shirt did fall to mid thigh level now, making her skirt superfluous, and
helping to hide her pantyhose which were beginning to wrinkle on much thinner and
shorter legs, the toe ends flopping under her feet as she moved.
Kelly watched her fidget with her oversized clothes in obvious delight.
"Just having a little fun, Karen," she teased. "Haven't you ever wanted to have a little
fun?"
Karen just groaned (as did any long term readers).
"You're so short now," Kelly said appraisingly. "Most anybody would assume you were
a kid, especially with those baggy clothes hiding your figure." She laughed. "Of course,
there's not as much to hide now, is there? How about it, Karen? That bra feeling pretty
empty yet?"
Karen shrugged to readjust her clothes without being too obvious. Her bra was indeed
slipping over her too small chest, but she had no intention of admitting it for Kelly's
amusement. Instead, she craned her neck to look Kelly steadily in the eye.
"Why?" she finally asked.
"Whoa. There's an open-ended question," Kelly replied thoughtfully. "You mean, why
do THIS?" Karen shrank another few inches, probably nearing three feet based on her
near eye level with Kelly's waist. Karen could tell her pantyhose and panties were barely
holding on now.
"Hell, that's easy," Kelly continued. "This is fun. A major rush. I had no idea. But, of
course, you did, didn't you?"
Karen tried to look uncomprehending.
"I said lay off the innocent routine," Kelly voice hardened in reminder. "I watched
everything while you and your friend had lunch. Everything."
Now Karen's surprise was genuine.
"I see I'll have to explain," Kelly decided. "I guess I owe you that much. A way to
thank you for this incredible medallion." She sat on Karen's desk, her shapely legs
exposed as her dress rode up, beautiful, toned, and majestic, powerful and dominating to
Karen's perspective, and all the more obvious since they were at eye level. Karen
swallowed hard, trying not to stare at the way the stockings stretched around her
seemingly massive thighs. Kelly seemed to notice her attention, but just pointed to her
chair. "Sit down, Karen. I don't want any more ill-judged surprise attempts to get this
back."
Karen found she actually had to climb and swing a leg up to get into her chair. She
turned and sat to find Kelly watching her appreciatively.
"That is so cool," the brown-haired beauty commented. "Seeing you climb up like a little
kid, the loose clothes. Awesome."
Karen tried to preserve her dignity by drawing her overcoat-sized jacket around her body.
"You were saying?" she asked archly.
"Oh, yeah. I've kept my eye on you since the day you cast that spell on me."
"What? I
"Don't bother to deny it. It didn't register at first, since you had it cloaked so well, but I
knew something was going on. That tell-tale tingle, and my clothes not fitting right.
What was it - some early experiments with this medallion?"
"Um, yeah," Karen lied, not wanting to reveal any information about her age control
magic. Despite Kelly's proclaimed awareness, it was obvious she only had a limited idea
of what had happened. Thank goodness.
"Knew it," Kelly said as though congratulating herself. "Anyway, never try to hex a
witch, honey. At least when you're obviously just learning."
Karen's eyes went wide.
"That's right," Kelly laughed. "I'm a witch, and a considerably more advanced one
based on what I've seen from you. How else did you think I could play so easily with
your little bauble here, huh?" She twirled the medallion on its chain, and Karen shrank
another two inches. "But it's not yours, is it?" she continued, pursing her lips
thoughtfully. "First of all - no offense, darling, but you couldn't light a match without
striking it, could you?"
Karen shook her head.
"And you don't even recognize that as an insult," Kelly decided, shaking her head in
wonder. "You haven't had any training at all, have you?"
Another reluctant head shake. Something in Kelly's tone left her chilled.
"No wonder you went down so easily when I slammed you with that stun spell."
"You
"That was me. I'm afraid I overdid it - you were out for several minutes, and I bet you
had a hell of a headache - but I didn't know what counterspells you might have, and I had
to make sure I could get my hands on this." She again dangled the medallion. "After
seeing you and your friend - Lisa I believe I heard you call her? - use it, I could tell how
powerful it was and simply had to have it. I decided now was as good a time as any to
make my move." She laughed again at Karen's amazed expression. "I told you back
when you spelled me that we needed to talk."
Karen's heart and hopes, meanwhile, had jumped at Lisa's name. Lisa was due to show
up here imminently . When she saw what happened
Perfect. Kelly would never know what hit her. She just needed to stall and keep Kelly
occupied until Lisa could rescue her.
"So, you just took it?" Karen accused, wishing her voice didn't sound so high and shrill.
"Is that how a powerful sorceress operates - stealing from friends?"
Kelly's face clouded briefly, and Karen shrank several inches in response. She was
almost lost in her jacket now.
"All's fair," Kelly finally returned. "A little know-nothing like you shouldn't be allowed
to walk around with something this powerful anyway. Now, your friend - she might be
somebody to reckon with." She unexpectedly looked at her watch. "Speaking of which,
Lisa should be showing up any minute now, shouldn't she?" Karen's jaw dropped, and
Kelly smiled smugly. Hope you don't mind. I used a little augmentation spell to listen in
on your conversation earlier."
Karen's hopes crashed, and she reacted in desperation by lunging again, leaping from her
chair with surprising speed and force for her size. Unfortunately, Kelly seemed to have
anticipated the move, and stood quickly, smoothly sidestepping her small attacker,
allowing Karen to end up on the floor again, tangled in her oversize clothes. Even as
Karen scrambled back up, she felt the tingle.
Hopelessly, she looked up into Kelly's expanding face, her natural eye level falling
quickly from pelvis to thigh to just above the knee. Her jacket hung mostly on the floor
now, and she shrugged it off as a hindrance, her watch slipping of her hand as she did so.
As she shrank under two feet, even the elastic waist of her pantyhose became slack, and
the drooping stockings seemed to sigh as they finally slid down her legs into a puddle on
the carpet, followed almost immediately by her panties.
"Nooo!" she shrilled, clutching her slipping, sheet-sized shirt as a last grasp on her
modesty. Her bra hung uselessly beneath it, the cups too wide and low to stay over her
plum-sized and still shrinking breasts. She could feel her nipples, coolly erect, brush
along her smooth shirt as she shrank. Her wedding ring slipped over her finger when she
shifted her hand, rolling unseen beneath her desk. To her despair, she passed knee level
and still shrank, although more slowly.
Kelly watched in amazement. "This is so fucking incredible," she breathed. "I didn't
dare shrink anyone like this before." A smile. "Though it was a rush to shrink the guys
so I was the tallest person in the office." Kelly was five-nine, but wore two inch heels,
which put her on equal footing with most men anyway. "You should have seen them
when they tried to hit on me and found themselves looking up. Delicious. You could just
see the confusion on their dear little faces. Poor Chuck got a double dose when he
switched to Gina, not to mention a little extra shrinking attention focused
can guess." She laughed again. "Won't their wives and girlfriends be surprised?"
"You can't do this!" Karen yelled, finding she had to shout to approximate normal voice
volume. "People will notice, and
"And what?" Kelly smirked. "Call the police to report stolen inches? Call their local
witch doctor? 'There must be an unlicensed sorceress working the office.' Please! But
don't you worry your pretty little head." She reached down to pat Karen
condescendingly. "I only took one or two inches from most people. They won't notice -
or will at least pretend not to. No guy is going to admit he's shorter, even when he finds
himself looking up at his wife when she wears heels. It would bruise his precious male
ego. Even Gina was finding a way to blame her clothes."
By now, Karen was past mid shin level, under a foot in height, and worrying if Kelly was
ever going to stop this time. Her shirt was taking on the proportions of a tent, and only
her hands kept the collar from slipping over her tiny body. Her bra lay at her feet,
forgotten and useless, discarded when the thick straps began to tangle her arms,
impossible to keep over her narrow shoulders. She shuddered involuntarily, and not from
the cool air around her almost naked skin. She had never been this small before, and the
times she had shrunk had been with her husband and best friend, in a warm and protected
environment. She felt far more naked now, despite her ballooning shirt, than she ever had
when nude with them. Kelly's size had become overwhelming, and yes, frightening, as
Karen realized she was literally small enough to be stepped on - and Kelly's heels had
never looked so high and hard. Karen felt panic building inside her that she hadn't really
experienced since the first time she had started shrinking without apparent explanation.
And though the cause was obvious this time, it did nothing to reassure her. She was
effectively helpless, and at the mercy of a giantess who was both causing and reveling in
her plight. The size difference was so extreme, it was even becoming hard to remember
they were both women, and had been virtually the same size mere hours ago, as Kelly
took on terrifying proportions. Now when she dared to look up, she found the hem of
Kelly's skirt filling her vision, with tree sized legs disappearing beneath it. How small
was she going to get?
As though in answer, the tingling stopped. Kelly leaned over, bringing her huge upper
body into clear view again. She licked her lips, parting a mouth big enough to swallow
Karen whole, and looked appreciatively at her victim cowering in her tent-shirt.
"There's my new little doll," she cooed, reaching a hand as wide as Karen was tall
ponderously towards her.
Karen lost what was left of her self control at the sight, the enormity of her shrinking
hitting home. "Noo!" she squeaked, forgetting her modesty and letting the shirt drop
around her as the giantess grabbed at her, leaving Kelly with a hand full of empty fabric.
Naked, she ran towards her desk, hoping to shelter beneath it. Too late. The five-digit
monster closed around her legs and body, squeezing her breathless. She beat frantically
at the top finger, as she was suddenly whisked what felt like 50 feet into the air.
"Now, now," Kelly scolded, her voice booming to Karen's tiny ears at this close range.
"No hiding. Or I might have to shrink you even more as punishment."
Karen gasped, barely able to move air through her constricted chest. She hammered with
all her might at Kelly's finger. Kelly saw her distress, and guessed correctly, loosening
her grip. But what astounded her were the light taps she barely felt from Karen's fists.
"Wow. You were really hitting me as hard as you could, weren't you? And it was, like,
nothing. You're so weak - like a little bird. Amazing." A cruel smile. "And fragile, too,
I bet. Whatta you think, Karen - shall I squeeze a little harder?"
Karen had finally caught her breath, and with it her spirit.
"You bitch!" she shrieked, wishing she didn't sound like Minnie Mouse.
"No, dear, I said WITCH," Kelly corrected her, tightening her fist slightly to drive the
point home. "And I think you've earned a time out."
Karen felt herself falling, as though on a roller coaster, as Kelly returned her to the floor.
She went sprawling once more, her tiny, naked bum flashing seductively, as Kelly
dropped her the last couple of inches. Almost instantly, she was on her feet and ready to
run, only to stop in horror as some gigantic, dark shape appeared above her and fell, too
large and fast to evade. Seconds later, black walls had descended around her, leaving her
trapped and in pitch darkness.
"Help!" she screamed, beating on the thick metal walls uselessly, echoes ringing in her
ears. "Damn it! Let me out! Kelly! LISA! Help!"
Kelly watched the overturned wastebasket speculatively, hearing the faint drumming of
Karen's blows. Satisfied as to its security, she gathered up the clothes and shoes so
recently lost in such a delightful manner, bundled them loosely and tossed them beneath
the desk. She then sat down to wait, kissing the medallion theatrically.
Now for Lisa.
Try this thread, good info.
All thorough studies with this topic have demonstrated no statistical significant difference between the general population and those that use cell phones.
Thank You.
With antenna-less phones, like the Nokia 8260 and the Nokia 3360, I don't worry about antennas anyway, and these phones are here now, and work with my wireless company!
Disclaimer: I'm not an employee of either, but I do use rogers...
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Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
800 MHz cellular has a wavelength of approximately 37 centimeters, about 15 inches. So an ideal antenna would be half that, about seven and a half inches. This refers to the dipole, the distance from the tip of the antenna to the opposite end of the antenna buried inside the phone somewhere (usually near the bottom). 1900 MHz PCS has a wavelength of approximately 16 centimeters, about six inches. So the ideal antenna dipole is about 3 inches.
The ideal antenna performs best if it is exactly perpendicular to the impinging waveform. In practice the orientation of the phone is somewhat random; the antenna will be pointed approximately upward, but probably at a slant. So cell phone manufacturers generally try to make the antenna 5/8's of a waveform, because if the antenna is at a slant, its cross-section relative to the impinging waveform will be near to the ideal half a wavelength. For a dual-band phone, one which operates at both 1900 and at 800 MHz, it's obvious that determining the antenna length is a bit of a problem. (But not insoluble; it's just a compromise. Since digital is usually more resilient than AMPS, usually the length is optimized for 800 MHz.)
Making the antenna shorter will both decrease the amount of incoming signal the phone receives, and will make the phone's transmitter less efficient. But CDMA operates over a very wide range of effective powers, and it can usually compensate. That's why the phone will usually work with the antenna down. And because it's digital, if it is working it will sound exactly the same. This has lead some people to conclude that the antenna is not actually doing anything for them, which is not quite correct. While the phone can operate with the antenna down, it's easier on the phone if you raise the antenna; it has more signal ceiling to work with and will be less likely to drop the call. Also, it will use somewhat less transmit power, and your battery will last somewhat longer.
Making it longer with some sort of extension is worse than useless; it actually degrades the signal. If the antenna is exactly one wavelength long and is exactly perpendicular to the impinging waveform, it will pick up essentially no signal at all.
When it reaches one and a half wavelengths, signal strength is again maximized, but for physical reasons it's a bit lower than the strength with a half-wavelength antenna. (The physical reason is that the antenna is not an ideal conductor.)
[stolen directly from the CDMA FAQ
From the article:
"Integral is even talking to a provider of satellite tracking services about turning truck bumpers into giant antennas by making them out of a rubbery blend of the new material."
Although it has improved in recent years, the quality of reporting of technical issues is often very poor. Truck bumpers are already metal. Why not just insulate them from the truck body, and use that as an antenna? The article does not say.
Bush's education improvements were
Here we are talking about cell phones and some of the paranoid folks are worrying about brain cancer (although there is no statistical significant difference between cell phone users and non users) and I see the quote at the bottom of the page. Arnold's Addendum: Anything not fitting into these categories causes cancer in rats. made me laugh...
The sad part is that the laws of changes haven't changed, and people are being duped into thinking that all of these small antennae will actually be efficient.
Even sadder are the charlatans on TV advertising drop-in antennas for cell phones that purportedly increase the range of a cell phone. The FTC has already cracked down on the so-called "shields"; it's time they got together with the FCC to publically keel-haul the "antenna" vendors.
Any high school physics books will have the equation describing the relationship between frequency and wavelength of an electromagnetic wave. Just because some clown can hook a 1cm bit of copper to a chip without any impedance matching or other attempt to make it resonate, doesn't mean it's done properly.
OTOH, having these inefficient antennas will help reduce the noise floor on the bands involved which, after all are shared on a secondary basis with other users who'd like to be able to hear each other. (Yes, and I was a 75W rockbound Novice, and my Extra is a real one that required 20WPM!)
No extruding antennas on my Nokia phone. Nokia has given up the antennas altogether, I think. Communicators still have them, but I doubt if any of the other new phones have.
I read somewhere that the reason why eg. Ericsson still carries a big extruding antenna is that people expect a mobile phone to have an antenna. In other words, if you had an antennaless phone and one with an antenna, the antennaless phone was perceived to have poor reception or something even though it wasn't so at hardware level measurements.
Can one make replacement battery covers or back covers that would serve as the antenna? My tiny little Nokia with the internal antenna could sure use some help.
Amusingly, Slashdot rejected an article submission I had for fractal antennas and how they are vastly superior in terms of reception to whats on the market today. Better than the stuff mentioned in this article, certianly.
Cheers, and yes PROPAGANDA will be back soon.
Bowie J. Poag
that could prevent the increase of radiation on cell phones? A major problem with them.
------I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.------
What the changes in impedance will be from user to user? Will having sweaty palms make much difference? And, while a larger antenna might seem better, would it be directional, varying with the shape of the phone?
I'm not sure that I want my hand and face even closer to the source of the RF radiation. Doesn't the field strength vary with the inverse cube of distance? There's not much distance when you're touching the antenna.
Lemon curry?
So, your telling me that a general manager created this? Riiiight. Most general managers can't even turn on a cell phone without being shown 2-3 times first. I bet some poor shlub from engineering created it first and the manager took all the credit. ;)
An optimist believes we live in the best world possible; a pessimist fears this is true.
Ok, who believes it was really the general manager who came up with this thing?
"Actually, I enjoyed this in the same vague, horrible way I enjoyed the A-Team" P. Opus
How easily can this be ported to say using a plastic computer case for an antenna for wireless lan or how about a cordless phone? With all the plastic in cars ... imagine the reception you could get? Would this mean that my alarm radio will finally get good reception? Could I finally have a decent wireless link for my TiVo!?
So now ill be able to have teh effect of holding a brick of plutionum next to my head with a cell phone
YUMMY, CANCER!
"All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
Anybody know the physics (or lack thereof) behind these things?
wait a minute, I thought there was a NYTimes article about fractal antennas a while back... or was that slashdot? Where was it - anybody remember this?
since noone has posted it yet, i guess my karma-whoring is as good as any ..
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ive lost the link to the article, but the FTC is taking them on for deceptive marketing. they do nothing, and in some cases, actually reduce reception..
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Just think if this had been available during the CIA's
Operation Acoustic Kitty program? They could have made kitty dentures be the antenna, instead of that "hard to maintiain" tail.
Of course, it'd still have problems with wandering away & getting hit by traffic...
...in my opinion, is that a general manager did something useful.
It's a sure sign of the End Times. Gotta be. We'll be seeing pigs fly, next.
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Don't like it? Respond with words, not karma.
This may be the first time that a General Manager has accomplished anything!
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
My cell phone is already on my 'coins' pocket, it is really small. The only think big is the antenna and the battery. If you could also put the battaery small enough and still with a lot of power, we could have a real tiny cell phone.
------I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.------
Couple this idea with the Aluminium Foil Deflector Beanie and you would have something...
I thought that your antenna size was related to the size of your feet?
Gee... 2.4ghz right in the palm of your hand and
contact with the ear and skull. Someone should
do a health study on this. I treat a cell phone
like fire. And my antennea is as far as it can go away from my head. And I tested it with a meter to see where the safe zone was.
Integral Technologies announced that they will be collaborating with Apple on a new PDA-Cellphone device called IgotCancer.
I (the Open Don Knotts Guy) LOVE this story! Where are the other installments?
thank you
ODK forever
Imagine just how much Cartman must wish the aliens had that kind of technology after recieving an anal probe from them.
Mind the frickin' laser...
Monopoly is a business term, integration is a technology term, so integration isn't a monopoly, it was the MS method for extending it's OS monopoly for browsers, in effort to control develolment of HTML.
Secondly, if you want the Konquerer out of KDE, you can do it yourself, because it's open source.
I wonder what something like this could do for my 802.11 airport network.
Like it or not, your head is part of the antenna. As the microwaves bounce around up there, the tumors would form in areas where the radiation was highest. Once the tumors got to sufficant size, they would resonate, giving you a better signal.
So, if you all the sudden find that your cell phone is working really good, even in remote places....
I guess they wanna embed the antenna in between layers of plastic, similar to what is done on laptop casings for ground plane.(But what about the loading inductor???)
/* AMITRA */
I don't think this technology will be used anytime soon...
if so, then I would like to hire him. I am tired of having fools that are empty suits put in technical positions (marketers, et al) I GOTTA get this guy
So better check that out before u try reheating that mug of milk.
/* AMITRA */
"Circle around the car until you're in the right alignment with the cell tower for further optimization.
You would look like and incredible fruitcake. Unless you are from the minister of silly walks, of course.
Good, the things are getting smaller. Now there should be no problem for you to shove your cell phone up your butt while you are driving.
Topic: The Incredible Shrinking Antenna
Dept: from the two-inches-is-plenty dept.
and here
Read whatever psycological significance you want into the above. I'm merely an observer. I will say, however, that for Kathleen's sake, hopefully Taco is just spending lots of time in the pool.
The neutrality of this sig is disputed.
I can see it now:
"... but now there's the new Case Antenna! It's like adding a five-mile long antenna to your phone!
Look! We put these two cell phones next to each other on the surface of Mars. The regular phone gets no reception. But the Case Antenna gets reception which violates the laws of physics!
Amazing!
The Case Antenna is regularly sold for five million dollars. But with our exclusive TV offer, you can get it for nineteen easy payments of $19.95! (plus what the Antenna actually cost us, disguised as a shipping & handling charge)"
I'm turning off the TV now...
-- We live in a world where lemonade is artificial and soap has real lemon.
What if you get shock your phone while touching it? That would be sending 10,000 volts right up the kazoo!!!
Sudo Penguin
I for one would love a vibrating phone up my butt.
Matching foil underwear might be nice, too. For the man who has everything....
"Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded."
Poor Taco... or Poor Kathleen.... I sure hope she
knows about this.
A couple years ago I read about a similar thread of research concerning fractal antennas. You can eiter have an array of fractal elements or a single wire bent into a fractal shape. With the array of elements you can get the range and reception qualities of a random antenna array and still have an efficient system like a regular array. With a single wire you it ends up needing only a fraction of the space it needed before for the same length wire. You can fit a half wavelength dipole inside the housing of the phone quite easily. Jagging the shape of the wire introduces natural capacitance and inductance so less external equipment is needed to tune the antenna. IIRC the single wire antennas used Koch curves. The people who started the research on them formed a company called Fractal Antenna Systems who are trying to work with eantenna manufacturers. Sych antennas could be molded into the plastic case of a cell phone AND be 20% more efficient. A link to Koch curves (java is a good thing to have) is here. I don't remember which SciAm article I read the story from but I think it was in 1999.
I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
RF in general are never good to any living things (including humans), that's because you are propagating some medium to get a signal across. Just think of the tin can and string sceniro, except you are now making the medium be your head and the air, while the output power/propagation effect (how fast the string is resonating - the can and string sceniro) be micro scale which means resonances in cell levels. As a result, I think any common sense would solve the rest of the questions..
If you don't have Java installed, but you do have Xscreensaver installed, you can just run the `ccurve' hack. It looks quite similar to these Kock curves.
Withdrawal before climax is very ineffective and those who try this are usually called "parents."
In fact, there are several cell phones that use integral antennas. Why don't all have it? I suspect it's because an antenna that sticks out beyond the part of the phone that is covered by your hand probably works better.
It's my cellphone!
The structure of the eye tends to focus the
signal into local spots. The brain just heats
up a bit, and gets increased neuron activity.
This isn't as cool as a paint material that can be used as an antenna. The material is being developed by DARPA for use by the military. There's a story about it here.
Never mind this cell phone crap! I need to fit an antenna for 160m in something smaller than my apartment!
my 'antenna' shrinks with a decrease of temperature, but it doesnt mean it uses more power to drive it? :)
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I think she does by now. :)
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This is completely foreign to my experience! A general manager creating something other than a spreadsheet or a headache?
I'm inclined to believe a person was promoted to general manager for technical chops they earned in the past, or maybe even because of this wonderful invention. But was this person a general manager *when they created* this device? Not likely! I want to work at that company.
my "antenna" is shrinking just reading about this :/
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Isn't the whole point with external antenna to spread the EMF radiation away from your brain? If the plastic is part of the antenna, wouldn't it just bring it closer?
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My phone manual clearly states "Avoid touching the antenna!" So are we supposed to stop touching the entire phone? I think the new technology is preposterous ... we could always have had internal metal strips in the casing as antennas, we dont need some stupid plastic material to turn the case into an antenna!
This new technology is a hoax.
Dont make a better sig, you insensitive clod!