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Human ear inspires 'super-radio' design

By Dario Borghino

18:36 June 15, 2009 PDT

RF cochlea, a low-power, ultra-broadband radio chip attached to an antenna. (Credit: Donna...

The human body is a fascinating, well-oiled machine forged and perfected by hundreds of millions of years of evolution. So, when two MIT researchers were looking for a highly efficient design for a spectrum analysis chip, they turned to one of the most efficient designs in nature — the human inner ear — with outstanding results that will bring us 'smart radios' and transmitters capable of adaptively maximizing bandwidth and data transmission rates across all fields of communication. Read More

 
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