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Scottish Scientists Create World's Smallest Smart Antenna

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-small dept.

judgecorp writes "Each generation of smartphones actually has more dropped calls and worse battery life than the last, because antenna design has fallen behind, says Edinburgh-based Sofant Technologies. The firm has made a tunable, steerable RF antenna using micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) which it says will change all that. It's based on research from Edinburgh University and is designed to get the best out of LTE/4G."

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  1. Re:Directional antennae... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad the research wasn't applied to Ed Menjes' winning Slashdot logo. It's so ugly and pixellated only a Goatse guy(or NES ROM hacker)could love it. It reminds me of your white girlfriend's pupil when she sees a black man in public, while she's holding your white hands and reassuring you, "Oh, you're so big, you're the best I've ever had :| Don't worry about him, I wasn't looking at him that long" schpiel.

    And you eat it up like flies on a steaming pile of shit.