Cheap metacrystal panels could easily steer wireless signals around barriers

Cheap metacrystal panels could easily steer wireless signals around barriers

The passive 3D-printed metacrystal panels would redirect radio waves around obstacles and toward users, offering a low-cost way to improve indoor/outdoor wireless coverage without adding base stations, wiring or powered electronics

History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny. Goliath and a pebble, Achilles and his heel, the ultra-fast 6G network and … walls. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have now invented a cheap, 3D-printed solution that could help future wireless signals bend around the barriers that currently stop them in their tracks.

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Category: Telecommunications, Technology

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless, Aalto University, 6G, Metamaterials, 3D Printing