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Silent Circle's latest app democratizes encryption. Governments won't be happy
Silent Circle CEO Mike Janke Courtesy of Silent Circle For the past few months, some of the world’s leading cryptographers have been keeping a closely guarded secret about a pioneering new invention. Today, they’ve decided it’s time to tell all. Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button.
After nanotechnology manages to develop a solution for mobile devices so that they don’t need to be charged every day , I would like if nanotech could lead to a solution for the dropped call. Mobile phones where the batteries run down in a few hours are really annoying but I think dropped calls from bad reception runs a close second in my annoyance scale. I may not have to wait that long if research at the University of Illinois in making a 3D antenna for mobile phones can successfully make it commercially available cell phones. The research, which was initially published in the Wiley journal Advanced Materials , employed an ink jet printing method that used silver nanoparticles and were sprayed on the inside or the ourside of a small hemispherical dome. “To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of 3D printed antennas on curvilinear surfaces,” Jennifer A.
Nanoparticles Enable 3D Printing for Cell Phone Antennas
The US Navy has created a device which turns a jet of sea water into an impromptu liquid antenna, creating a powerful, high frequency broadcast tower for ships, emergency situations and easy transportation.