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Old Geek Invents New Stick

Posted by michael on from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

the morgawr writes "According to the EE Times and Science Blog, a scientist at University of Rhode Island has developed a new type of antenna design that, by increasing the efficiency, performs as well as the convential quarter-wave design but is only 1/3 as large."

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  1. let it be said: patents at their best by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Insightful

    this is patents at their best: the little guy innovates, and becomes the not-so-little guy in reward

    that should be the purpose of patents, to protect the little guy who innovates

    let us hope that we can back to this world, a world where patents reward innovation, instead of suppress it

    it is a delicate balance, but there are hordes of ip lawyers and corporate whores out there who are hard at work, having sold their conscience, hard at work warping the balance in the direction of those who don't deserve to be rewarded for suppressing true innovation like this

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    1. Re:let it be said: patents at their best by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Hopefully it is innovative. A lot of people have played around with antennas over the years, especially amateurs trying to fit a big antenna in a small space. I'd be surprised if no one has tried something close to it.

      So let's hope it's not just a tweak of something that was in QST magazine thirty years ago.

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