Aircell which delivers WiFi on airplanes, via its Gogo service, today announced its intention to base its airplane-to-ground link on Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Aircell uses an exclusive FCC frequency license to provide a cellular data channel to airplanes. It currently uses CDMA EVDO Rev A to deliver an effective data rate of more than [...]
There’s a wildfire, Dr. Stone — Andromeda Strain
A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week , gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state.
NASA’s unmanned Ikhana aircraft, derived from a General Atomics Predator uses a sophisticated Autonomous [...]
This summer, Captain “Fatty” Goodlander, who is editor-at-large of Cruising World magazine, is sending regular dispatches from his boat to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday as he explores Southeast Asia (listen).
“Sailing to me isn’t just about boats and it isn’t about the destination,” Goodlander says. “It’s about freedom, it’s about passion, it’s about lust, it’s about [...]
TV Technology reports that the FCC has “tentatively concluded” that mobile satellite service (MSS) operators can begin offering their services to the nation’s 30 largest markets before all current tv broadcasters stop using their antiquated 2 GHz microwave links — even if there is a danger of interference.
The FCC proposed that this new rule [...]
The National Emergency Technology Guard (NETGuard) mobilizes a corps of volunteers with technology experience who could help out after a disaster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discusses the effort with NPR (audio). It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
NET Guard teams may assist local communities in temporarily reconstituting voice, data, and other [...]
Northern Sky Research, a satellite analyst firm, expects satellite broadband users in North America will break the one million mark in late 2008 or early 2009. About 1.25 million Americans will use satellite broadband in their homes and small businesses by 2011, up from 600,000 last year, according to Pike & Fischer while global [...]
Globalstar today announced that it has expanded its satellite Simplex data coverage to include all of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, along with the surrounding maritime regions including the Gulf of Alaska and portions of both the north Pacific and south Arctic Oceans.
Customers in these regions can now access satellite-based asset and personal tracking, [...]
Hughes Network Systems, the broadband satellite provider, today announced that it will provide Wayport Wi-Fi to its HughesNet subscribers at locations across the U.S., including hotels, Hertz airport locations and 10,000 McDonald’s restaurants.
Wayport’s Wi-Fi package is available to HughesNet subscribers for $14.99 a month. It will give subscribers unlimited Wi-Fi access at select Wayport locations [...]
Wi-Fi may be a bust in cities, but it’s taking off in airlines. Southwest Airlines said it will be the first U.S. carrier to test satellite-delivered broadband Internet access on multiple planes.
The airline is partnering with Southern California-based Row 44 and hopes to begin testing Internet capabilities on four planes this summer.
The Dallas-based low-cost carrier [...]
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger]
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit.
- City Slicker
LG and Samsung have joined forces to develop a single standard for mobile digital television using broadcaster’s DTV signals. The two companies [...]
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