Beating battery drain
Startup’s power-conserving chip may increase smartphone battery life, save energy in cell towers.
IS&T simplifying wireless network choices on campus
On Oct. 27, IS&T will retire the “MIT N” and “MIT SECURE N” wireless networks, leaving MIT Secure as the wireless network of choice.
Turning the tables on wireless interference
Cognitive coexistence radio and other technologies will help alleviate spectrum congestion for wireless devices.
Eduroam provides secure WiFi access, here and there
MIT community members can now connect to eduroam, a secure, worldwide WiFi service that provides network access at thousands of educational and research institutions.
CSAIL researchers among Tech Review’s annual list of top young innovators
Adib and Shah to be honored at EmTech@MIT conference next month
Making a wire-free future
WiTricity’s wireless charging technology is coming soon to mobile devices, electric cars, and more.
Could wireless replace wearables?
CSAIL wireless technology that measures heart rate and breathing through walls has applications for personal health, baby monitors, and law enforcement.
New approach to vertex connectivity could maximize networks’ bandwidth
Technique advances understanding of a basic concept in graph theory, paralleling advances in edge connectivity.
Encryption is less secure than we thought
For 65 years, most information-theoretic analyses of cryptographic systems have made a mathematical assumption that turns out to be wrong.
Reliable communication, unreliable networks
A new model of wireless networks that better represents the real world could lead to more robust communications protocols.
Tips for traveling with your mobile phone
Before you depart, think how you’ll want to use your phone and how best to protect it.
New system uses low-power Wi-Fi signal to track moving humans — even behind walls
‘Wi-Vi’ is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging.
Making frequency-hopping radios practical
New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
Wireless researchers host ‘Game-Jam’
Event will bring together game developers, graphic designers and audio professionals to design mobile games that will help wireless researchers gather information on network data.
FCC head addresses spectrum policy at MIT
Julius Genachowski credits Wireless@MIT research with helping to move field forward