Disney Research Demonstrates Open-Air Wireless Charging

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Disney Research has invented a new method of wirelessly charging mobile devices that could someday allow amusement park patrons to walk about freely while also getting their mobile devices charged.

The technology, which Disney has dubbed "quasistatic cavity resonance" (QSCR), enables purpose-built structures such as cabinets, rooms and warehouses to generate quasistatic magnetic fields that "safely deliver kilowatts of power to mobile receivers contained nearly anywhere within."

Disney's wireless charging technology research was published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE.

Media Story - http://www.computerworld.com/article/3173305/emerging-technology/disney-research-demonstrates-open-air-wireless-charging.html

Hamvention Field Trip

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Schools in Xenia, Ohio, US will be closing on Friday 19th May 2017 to allow for students and teachers to attend the first staging of Hamvention in Xenia.

The aim of the Board of Education to to allow as many students and teachers as much access as possible to the education program of the show. Teachers who do not attend the show will be attending professional development training.

Hamvention - http://hamvention.org/

NASA Launches Two CubeSats with Transponders

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Two satellites with Amateur Radio transponder payloads have been selected for future NASA launches 

AMSAT-NA reports TJREVERB is a CubeSat from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia with a 435/145 MHz FM transponder.

HuskySat-1 has a 145/435 MHz SSB/CW transponder and was developed by students at the University of Washington in Seattle.

It is expected the launches will take place in the 2018-2020 time frame.

AMSAT-NA Story - http://www.amsat.org/?p=5795

NASA Announces Eighth Class of Candidates for Launch of CubeSat Space Missions - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-eighth-class-of-candidates-for-launch-of-cubesat-space-missions