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Making cellphones into their own antennas |
axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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A Bellingham firm says it has created a plastic that can turn cell phones into their own antennas, resulting in fewer dropped calls, better battery life and clearer reception.
The highly conductive resin, dubbed Electriplast, could also improve the efficiency of LED lighting, in-floor radiant heating, defibrillators and pacemakers, said its inventor, Thomas Aisenbrey, who is chief technology officer at Integral Technologies Inc.
Antennas molded out of Electriplast and mounted on military vehicles would be harder to see and so tougher to disable, and on cars, they'd be unobtrusive.
Electriplast isn't on the market yet, but trials are going on at four Fortune 100 companies, and major handset makers have expressed strong interest, said Aisenbrey, who holds two patents on the substance and has 44 more pending.
The inexpensive material, also known as Plastenna, conducts heat, electricity and radio- frequency energy nearly as well as copper, yet it can be mixed with rigid or flexible plastics and formed into just about any shape plastic can take on, he said.
"My gut's telling me this is going to change the electronics world," said Aisenbrey, 46.
An independent testing lab verified some of Aisenbrey's claims.
"He could show that a cell phone modified with his antenna was up to twice as efficient as with a normal antenna," said Lothar Schmidt, a technical manager for Cetecom Inc. of Milpitas, Calif.
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djpowelly
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Wow, thats kl! Trust Axxxr to come up with anythin like that tho!
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dalewinterstein
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Dont know about that. Sounds like a perfect way to direct singals to you brain and hence brain cancer ! Maybe I am a little Neurotic ?? | |
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Posted: 2004-04-17 15:49
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