Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Optical Cellphones

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-hear-me dept.

foondog writes "Here is a story over at News.com about optical cellphones. It seems that the Department of Defense has given a grant to the University of California to develop optical cellphones that are faster and more secure. This sounds a little strange to me since you would need a line of site with no obstacles in the way to use this. The article doesn't explain how this might work."

4 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Re:spelling by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It probably has something to do with the "seams" mentioned in the second sentence, or with the "obsticals" mentioned at the end.

    We're always learning new things. For example, I always thought that an editor's job was to check for errors (spelling, grammar, factual, etc.) in articles before publishing them...

    RMN
    ~~~

  2. More great slashdot editing by NMerriam · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Commence massive spelling correction project in
    5...4...3...

    --
    Recursive: Adj. See Recursive.
  3. Re:spelling by unicron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Correcting myself: grammar

    --
    Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
  4. I've had enough by ekrout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry for the rant, but for the last couple of years Slashdot has become a swamp. Half the articles are from someone pushing their personal agenda ("Microsoft sucks", "Apple rules", "Person X is a bastard", etc.), and the other half are simply wrong. The readers then comment on the Slashdot "news items" without even bothering to read the original articles (thus propagating the ignorance) and finally the moderators mod things as "interesting" or "insightful" without bothering to see if they're even remotely true.

    -- Rui del-Negro

    --

    If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538