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Using a laser on Alexa & Google Home hackers can unlock your front door

This laser attack can also be used to unlock various vehicles (e.g., Tesla and Ford). Recently, researchers from the University of Electro-Communications based in Japan and the University of Michigan based in the United States discovered that certain tools such as laser beams and flashlights can be used to control certain voice-controlled digital assistants. This […]

This Laser Radio Transmitter Could Be The Key To Ultra Fast Wi-Fi

Cellular data and Wi-Fi traffic are growing at an exponential pace, so is the need to increase the capacity of wireless links. Unless we find a way to accomplish it, the rising traffic is bound to lead to unmanagable bottlenecks. Taking this thought forward, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences […]

This Laser Can Send Secret Messages Directly To Your Friend’s Ear

A group of researchers has discovered a way to laser a whispered message directly into the other person’s ear. The MIT team used a laser beam to transmit sounds at as low as 60 decibels to the person standing 2.5m away. For the study, the researchers relied upon the photoacoustic effect, in which water vapor in the air absorbs […]

Don’t have Internet Access? Facebook Laser Beam will Bring it to you

Mark Zuckerberg vows to make Internet and Facebook available in remote communities through LASERS — Facebook Laser Beam is coming. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s head, is planning to make Facebook available in the most remote areas on different parts of the earth by equipping satellites with lasers. The social network head plans to establish hi-tech data cannons equipped […]