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  2. What does Wi-Fi stand for? - New Scientist

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    A wireless network called ALOHAnet was created in 1971 that connected the Great Hawaiin islands. Ethernet and Wi-Fi can trace some of their history back to that.

  3. Marconi forged today's interconnected world of communication

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    As did the 31 beam and wireless stations of Cable and Wireless’s global network, and others in China, Japan, the Middle East and Europe. Advertisement Everyone knows that Marconi was the main ...

  4. Wired is the new wireless: Spreading the web in China

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    12 September 2012. Keep an eye on China’s internet. (Image: Grant Faint/Getty) IT’S not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet – especially if that population is spread ...

  5. 'Fly-by-wireless' plane takes to the air - New Scientist

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    By Duncan Graham-Rowe. 16 May 2006. A plane with no wires or mechanical connections between its engine, navigation system and onboard computers – only a wireless network – is being built by ...

  6. Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz | New Scientist

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    Wireless telegraphy was born, and Marconi and his company were at the vanguard. Marconi claimed that his wireless messages could be sent privately over great distances.

  7. Wireless devices: a health threat during pregnancy?

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    A group of doctors, scientists and non-profit organisations have launched an unofficial campaign encouraging pregnant women to limit their exposure to radiation from phones, Wi-Fi routers ...

  8. Electric shock weapons could go wireless - New Scientist

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    Electric shock weapons could go wireless. By David Hambling. 21 May 2003. A weapon that delivers a debilitating electric shock to its victim without the need for wires is being developed in ...

  9. 'Skin-tenna' wireless signals creep over human skin

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    A wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin could broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants or portable gadgets. The new power-efficient approach could make ...

  10. Wireless charger uses quantum trick to power gadgets on the move

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    Wireless systems could one day be used to beam power over much greater distances. Another group, for example, is looking at using lasers and balloons to send power to disaster zones. Ultimately ...

  11. Wireless at the speed of plasma - New Scientist

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    For instance, indoor Wi-Gig routers operating at 60 GHz wouldn’t be able to penetrate walls. The signal would instead have to be reflected off surfaces to reach every room in a house ...