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Article: Beam speeds wireless
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
- Article date:
- June 13, 2005
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face=+2; face=+Bold; Technology developed in Hawaii opens new possibilities in carrying data short distancesface=-Bold; face=-2;
A radio beam developed in Hawaii stands to revolutionize high-speed wireless transmissions over short distances, with huge implications for the military, civil defense and firefighting.
Already, it has been adopted by the Coast Guard and the University of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology for communications to Sand Island and Coconut Island, respectively.
And it promises new possibilities for emergency response, battlefield command and control, and communications for islands, ships, aircraft and offshore oil rigs.
Known as advanced millimeter-wave radio, the ...