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Twitter Is The New Police Scanner
Technology After the explosions yesterday at the Boston Marathon, police departments used social media to send out immediate updates. Since the mid-1970s, police scanners have been the only way for...
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Should Police Scanners Be Public?
Technology Several innocent people have been accused of being responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing thanks to misinformation originating from police scanners. Why are these even broadcast? The...
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The BBC's New Radio Can Alter Broadcasts Based On Who's Listening
Technology A responsive radio could add localized, real-time weather updates, adjust background noise levels and more. BBC's Future Media North Lab has created a responsive radio that's capable of...
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Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory
Technology Happy 50th birthday to the telescope that brought us the first map of Venus, revealed ice on Mercury, and more. When Cornell University built the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico—near the...
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Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies
Technology Inside the communications infrastructure of the ultraviolent syndicate On September 16, 2008, Carl Pike, the deputy head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations...
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Big Pic: The Sun Emitted Three Enormous Flares In 24 Hours
Technology The flares caused radio blackouts for about an hour each. The sun emitted three X-class flares—the most powerful type—over June 10 and June 11. Very sparkly. Each flare blasted enough...
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First Privately Funded Moon Mission Launched Today
Space The 4M spacecraft, launched aboard a Chinese rocket, will be sending signals to anyone willing to listen. The first privately funded lunar mission launched today. The mission involves sending a...
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Building A Radio From A Junked TV
DIY Columnist Chris Hackett prepares for life after the apocalypse After the apocalypse, your big, fancy television will be dead--no power, no TV. So loot the corpse and use its parts to build the...
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Build A Radio That Looks Like A Pizza
DIY And needs no batteries It doesn't exactly run on nothing, but like a late 30-minutes-or-less order, it's delivered free.
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Make Your Own Hyperlocal Radio Station
DIY By modifying an FM transmitter for MP3 players Modify an FM transmitter to make your own hyperlocal radio station.
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