Vanu Replacing Cell Tower Equipment With PCs

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 7, 2003 @08:46PM from the folgers-commodity-software-crystals dept.

Dwight Schwartz writes "As reported in an article on the ScienceDaily site, researchers from Vanu, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, have successfully tested a system, the Vanu Software Radio(tm), that can replace a cellular tower's room full of communications hardware with a Pentium-based computer running Linux. The system offers the hope of making cellular technology more affordable for small, rural communities." The systems have been tested for the last several months in parts of Texas, with wider adoption planned for the near future.

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Re:Smart family by keesh · 2003-10-08 00:03 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Unfortunately, Bose speakers mostly suck, but they have a really good PR department. The phrase "reality distortion field" comes to mind.

If you're after decent speakers at a similar price, buy KEFs.