Researchers from Georgia Tech University's College of Engineering have developed a new and flexible
These devices can be placed almost anywhereany surface or object. According to the authors, this approach is much easier to scale and customize than existing methods. It also does not result in decreased performance when bending or increasing area.
There are usually many small wireless networkssystems that work together, but they don't scale. With current techniques, you cannot increase, decrease, or divert the bandwidth, especially if the target area is large. Our approach makes this possible.
Manos Tantseris, a researcher in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech University
Flexible tiles are placed on a single layer toplace them on any surface. They can even be attached to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to increase broadband bandwidth in low-coverage areas.
The shape and features of each set of tiles canbe unique. They can be selected for a specific frequency range and power level. Some provide communications, others provide sensing, and others collect energy.
Therefore, the use of the framework is not limited only to communications, the developers note.
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