Sentences with phrase «convert radio waves»

Then as now, the primary function of a radio was to convert radio waves into small electrical pulses which, when amplified, could be converted into recognizable sound.

The team shows that a nanoscale metal rod on graphene (acting as an antenna for light) can capture infrared light and transform it into graphene plasmons, analogous to a radio antenna converting radio waves into electromagnetic waves in a metal cable.

The receiver converts radio waves collected by the antennas into electrical signals for computer processing.

Not exact matches

NASA uses a technique called data sonification to take signals from radio waves, plasma waves, and magnetic fields and convert them into audio tracks to «hear» what's happening in space.

Such tags, costing just a few cents, carry a small, non-powered chip that, when hit by radio waves from a nearby «reader,» converts some of the radio energy into its own radio pulse in return.

Scientists use the apparatus to search for axions converting into radio waves in a strong magnetic field.

Just as FM stations embed songs in radio waves that your car stereo translates into Celine Dion's power ballads, space missions embed data (though typically not voice transmissions) that the DSN antennas convert into images and other spacecraft info.

Daniel Graham has used observations by STEREO where Langmuir waves were naturally converted into radio waves.

Three antennas were directed toward the object and radio waves received by each antenna were converted to digital signals, and then, these digital signals were sent to the ACA Correlator and synthesized.

The antenna of the crystal radio converts these waves to alternating current (shown in A).

In ALMA, the observed radio waves are divided into 10 frequency bands and then converted into electrical signals.

Both are multiple access standards, which means that multiple calls can go through a single tower, but as you can see, the major difference between the two has to do with the way your data is converted into the radio waves that your phone broadcasts and receives.