Once a month or so, I have the privilege of sitting down with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams to record the Hackaday Podcast. It’s a lot of fun spending a couple of hours geeking out together, and we ...

One of the first things that an amateur radio operator is likely to do once receiving their license is grab a dual-band handheld and try to make contacts with a local repeater. After the initial ...

Yet, despite its convenience, Bluetooth has a well‑known limitation: range. The connection between a device and its source—whether it's a phone streaming music or a sensor reporting data—can stretch ...

Analog repeaters dramatically enhance millimeter-wave (mmWave) coverage in mobile networks by overcoming signal blockage, report researchers from Science Tokyo. As demonstrated in a field experiment ...

Do you have trouble with the Wi-Fi connection in your home? Maybe it works well in some rooms, but not in others? While this could be because of many factors, it is most likely because of the type and ...

You can have a blazing-fast fibre line and still struggle with buffering, laggy Zoom calls, or “no signal” in the back bedroom. That’s because fibre is only the internet pipe coming into your home – ...

These articles are brought to you in association with Pocket-lint and our partners. Most of our home activities today revolve around the internet. We use it to shop, stream movies, watch TV shows, ...

Wireless signals weaken with range. Sources of this attenuation vary, but the largest contributing factor is the broadcasting power of the router. Other factors also affect wireless range, such as ...

Quantum communication holds promise for unconditionally secure transmission of secret messages and faithful transfer of unknown quantum states. Photons appear to be the medium of choice for quantum ...