Tuesday, December 11, 2012

THE NEXT BIG THING


This might mean that you'll never again hear a cellphone go off at a concert: French researchers have developed "midprice" wallpaper that would block cellular and Wi-Fi signals, while letting through AM/FM waves and emergency transmissions. (click below to read more)


Developed by engineers at the Grenoble Institute of Technology and the Centre Technique du Papier—and making use of a conductive ink containing silver particles (a passive block, not a jamming system)—the wallpaper will be marketed to people concerned about outsiders' snooping on their private networks as well as those who, for perceived health reasons, simply want to shield themselves from as many electromagnetic waves as possible.

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