Wireless Comms on the Farm ... and Mars?

Can we detect an excess of carbon in a field using equipment that already in place? Rob spoke with SETU academic Bernard Butler and his graduate student Thakshilla Wedage about their work in VistaMilk and using the physical properties of wireless signals to predict atmospheric conditions in a farming context. The speed of the terahertz signals they use are hampered by our wet, dense atmosphere - but they may allow wireless communications 100-times faster than current speeds on a dry environment, such as Mars. They talked about their next phase of their work which is looking at employing these technologies to facilitate high-bandwidth, low-latency communications off-world. To quote a famous space traveller - Fascinating! More information about the VistaMilk project and the people involved can be found at vistamilk.ie

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Wireless Comms on the Farm ... and Mars? is an episode from The Machine: A computer science education podcast by Rob O'Connor.

This episode is 00:34:54 long.

This episode was published on Jun 23, 2022.

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