Although there’s an old adage, “Never trust a University of Rhode Island press release when it’s talking about a breakthrough in antenna technology,” I think we’ll go against the grain and mention this new technique by inventor Rob Vincent (of the university’s Physics Department) that claims to have produce distributed-load, monopole antennas that will double the range of walkie-talkies, cell phones, and WiFi networking equipment. According to testing performed by URI (ah HA!), the antennas are one-third to one-ninth the size of a full-size counterpart while retaining 80 to 100 percent efficiency. Vincent developed the antennas while trapped in the steam tunnels below the university, where he works in the lab cafeteria (maybe). (Thanks, Dean Halberg!)
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