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Spread Spectrum Signaling: Secret Spreading |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / IMPACTS |
| Author: Ruth Sellers |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/2003 |
| Size: 2,225 Words, 14,616 Characters |
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"Spread spectrum is an absolute revolution in communication," says David Hughes, a retired U.S. Army colonel. "It will sweep the globe. It is unlicensed, wireless, low-cost, and do-it-yourself. People can get a radio antenna and hook up their homes for high-speed Internet service as well as telephone service. Of course, it is somewhat technical, and there needs to be some central coordination, but these are all doable at a fraction of the cost charged by the large telephone companies."
A case in point is Wales. In 2001, the Welsh government kept Hughes busy for 12 days as he toured, explaining the vision and demonstrating the reality of digital, spread spectrum radio technology. Today Wales is in the midst of a 100 million pound campaign to provide high-speed wireless Internet service t...
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...dn't help win World War II, it can, if applied to positive purposes, help to equalize the conditions of people around the world in the twenty-first century.
On the Internet
Hedy Lamarr's Story
www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/19/obit.lamarr.02
Story of the Lamarr/Antheil Patent
www.ncafe.com/chris/pat2
David Hughes' Wireless Communication Projects
wireless.oldcolo.com/course/reports.htm
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