From: Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 09:37:46 MDT
Brian Atkins wrote:
> I haven't heard of this kind of thing before, but it sounds
> completely kickass:
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/money/bcovfri.htm
> --
These guys need to find a science reporter who knows what a radio wave is.
(Note for non-technical types: "Radio waves" and "radar waves" are
overlapping portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, with no clear
demarcations between them.)
Radar chips are a really cool innovation. They will make possible a whole
new generation of portable sensors, and they may turn out to be superior to
conventional radio technology for some purposes. However, they aren't going
to magically make radio spectrum bandwidth limitations vanish. The method
the article describes for setting up "undetectable" radio communication with
them also does not appear viable - it should be perfectly feasible to build
a receiver that will pick up the transmission.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com
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