New study of antenna Omnidirectional clothing weaves

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Antenna, a bit like underwear. All their needs, but you typically want to hide them, and when you have a problem with them, it gets embarrassing. Since we lost sliding nub and previous years on our antennas, telephones and radios, antennas and more and more integrated with the construction of the device, but sometimes it is not advisable to do so.

Take our clothing, for example. As a rule receive antenna to play nice with bending and restructuring has led to a decrease in performance (and then there's these things). But from the Ohio State University to the next big step towards the creation of a sweater.

They have thin, flexible plastic substrates and etched brass on him, forming a kind of flow easy antenna. Then they wove this thread four panes waistcoat: front, rear and both shoulders. The controller about the size of a deck of cards was mounted on the belt. This device keeps track of the signal from each antenna and switch between them on the fly to keep these bars. During the tests it performs much better than the existing style of whip antenna. Most importantly it allowed secure connection regardless of the direction of person faces.

It's not quite ready for the deployment of a banana Republic just yet, but there are a lot of applications. Chen ChiChih, one of the researchers, said: "our primary goal is improving the reliability of communication and mobility of soldiers, but the same technology can work for police officers, firefighters, astronauts – people who need to keep their hands free for important work". A good signal can mean the difference between good and bad copies when the building goes down and smaller footprint means one more device or log can be another tool a soldier or a fire. I think this can be useful for espionage and police work, though. No more wires sticking out to breast secret guy.

It's not cheap: tech costs about $ 200 per person for implementation, which is probably from NASA'S budget. Researchers believe they can reduce the price and eventual integration of antennas with normal clothing for security purposes.

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Luxemi — A, rent the podium to Indian clothing and jewellery

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Using the success of the model lease Luxemi starts off as a Commerce site, where customers can either borrow or buy Indian clothing and accessories. Site is focused on the niche audience of South Asian American women, who do not want to spend money on expensive Indian outfit, or who do not live near a store that sells Traditional Indian wear.

Instead of simply offering clothing and accessories for sale, Luxemi supports two completely different collections: one of the clothing and accessories for sale and the other in "take Cabinet" consisting of clothing and accessories are available for rent. When borrowing, buyers will choose their date of reservation, the rental period (the 4 or 10 days) and their size.

The price for the site starts at $ 78 for traditional Sarees, Salwars and $ 28 for jewellery (backup includes the size of the saree blouse to fit, Luxe Pack for clothes, including contacts, Bindis and clothing bag monitor, free return shipping). Luxemi, which was opened for the entire month, joined 4200 membership, and average order size is over $ 250.

While this certainly will be a hit among American women, it is doubtful whether the Luxemi will have the opportunity to create a market outside of this ethnic demographic. But the launch said that they had seen much interest outside of the South Asian community, with 40 percent of customer orders-Indian.

And Luxemi not the first retail site to meet the Indian-American trading community. Exclusively .in is another e-commerce site, which caters to the Indian diaspora, but with Flash sales model. The company just raised $ 16 million from the global Tiger and is growing fast for the site e-commerce niche.

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