New, compact, low-cost satellite antenna could make it possible A researcher at Macquarie University is working at bringing fast internet to the Outback by means of a low-power, lightweight satellite antenna he has invented. Ali Lalbakhsh hopes his new device will close the digital divide in rural areas and open new commercial opportunities. The antenna…
Mobile phones, air traffic control, smart grids, and online gaming are all critically dependent on accurate timing across the internet. That’s why it’s so important that University of Melbourne electronic engineer Julien Ridoux and his colleagues have developed a completely new, free, software clock accurate to within a millionth of a second.
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