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August 23, 2011 01:15 am GMT
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New Research Weaves Omnidirectional Antennas Into Clothing
Antennas are a bit like like underwear. Everybody needs them, but you generally want to conceal them, and when you have troubles with them, it gets embarrassing. Ever since we lost the pull-out and nub antennas of yesteryear on our phones and radios, the antenna has been more and more integrated with the designs of devices, but sometimes it isn't practical to do so.Take our clothing, for instance. Generally, getting antennas to play nice with bending and reshaping has led to poor performance (and then there are these things). But work being done at Ohio State University might have taken the next big step towards creating a sweater transmitter.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/MiFa9O4BR1Q/
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