Intro
Technology has evolved significantly in the past 50 years. The world has been revolutionized at the point where science fiction is not fantasy anymore but a reality. In the past, the idea of wireless tech seemed nothing more a far-away dream that could only be found in one of Jule Verne's books, but it is now a standard. Wifi, Bluetooth, NFC, Fm radio, and even wireless charging are so common to us that we do not really recognize their complexity. And because all the already mention technologies are so common in our time, and our society's infrastructure depends in data and its accesibility, finding new, faster, more efficient versions of the same data-transfering methods is paramount for improving our current generation of electronics. In fact, the idea of building a wireless communicator as my PBl project was inspired by a TED talk about Lifi by Harald Haas .
Studying how a wireless communicator work is important for two reasons. 1) Wireless communications are the future 2) By knowing how wireless data transmissions work, we can imporve our current methods . Wifi, Bluetooth, NFC, radio, and several other wireless communication systems are today's standards in technology. Clearly, we are headed towards a wireless future. Not only getting rid of wired connections will save time but also money to both gigantic and small corporations. Also, going wireless could finally allow the construction of a public wireless system that runs completely free for everyone. Seconsd, understanding our progress with modern wireless data transmission, we wil be able of improving several of its aspects such as speed and availiabilty.
Key terms
Electromagnetism: the phenomena associated with electric and magnetic fields and their interactions with each other and with electric charges and currents.
Antennas: a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
* Definitions taken from Dictionary.com
Scientific Principals
Planck’s Law of Blackbody Radiation: The amount of radiation at different frequencies
Maxwell’s equations:Describe how electric field is created by changes in current
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