Wi-Fi

Politics & Government

Using A Wi-Fi Network's Name To Broadcast A Political Message

2:42pm February 07, 2017

by Lucia Maffei

Barack Obama supporters and opponents had been doing it for a while. Now Wi-Fi owners are expressing their views about the new president through their network names, such as "Trump Won! HipHipHooray."

Dartmouth College researcher Timothy Pierson holds a prototype of Wanda, which is designed to establish secure wireless connections between devices that generate data.

Health & Safety

Researchers Hope This Invention Could Wave Away Medical Data Hacks

7:48pm May 10, 2016

by Jordan Gass-Pooré

As health care increasingly moves from hospitals and doctors' offices to the home, patient medical data become more vulnerable to hackers. Dartmouth College researchers hope their product will help.

Yuri Baturin, a former aide to Boris Yeltsin, lays flowers at the Russian president's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

World News

'Die-Fi': Moscow Expanding Internet Access To Cemeteries

2:42pm December 10, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

City officials say Moscow's three main cemeteries will be wired up starting next year.

More than 600 Porto city buses and taxis have been fitted with routers to provide free Wi-Fi service. It's being touted as the biggest Wi-Fi-in-motion network in the world.

World News

Free Wi-Fi On Buses Offers A Link To Future Of 'Smart Cities'

1:43pm March 03, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

A new service in a Portuguese city not only provides commuters with free Internet connections but also helps collect data that make the municipality run more efficiently.

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A TrackingPoint rifle features a high-tech scope that includes a laser rangefinder and a Wi-Fi server.

A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses

11:14am May 16, 2013

by Mark Dewey

A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the TrackingPoint rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.

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