How To Make Vodka More Awesome - Use It To Send Text Messages Wirelessly
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 23:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Vodka can make people do strange things - especially if they also have a phone. But it can also do cool things, like demonstrating how to message people using chemical signals when conventional wireless would fail. Researchers in the UK have successfully text messaged 'O Canada' using evaporated vodka. The chemical signal, using the alcohol found in vodka in this case, was sent four metres across the lab with the aid of a tabletop fan. It was then demodulated by a receiver which measured the rate of change in concentration of the alcohol molecules, picking up whether the concentration was increasing or decreasing. read more