» Software-Defined RF Test Gear National Instruments recently announced that it has delivered "software defined instrumentation" to new instrument types and automated test applications.
» Big Interest in Little CubeSats Two news items showed that CubeSats are moving beyond devices created by academic institutions and amateur radio groups into commercial and military applications.
» No-Power Wi-Fi Uses Backscatter to Exchange Data Regular readers of RF Report will know that Wi-Fi signals have been used to locate people in a house and that devices have been built that can harvest RF energy in the air from high-power broadcast transmitters.
» The Satellite 'Selfie': Start of a Trend? There have been multiple cases over the past few years where satellites had problems deploying their antennas or solar arrays after launch.