For better cellphone performance, get a landline. Currently, cellphone internet speeds depend on the number of other people using the local base station. Now network provider has begun trials in the UK of a miniature base station it calls a femtocell that users install at home. When anyone with a 3G phone is within range, it intercepts those signals and sends them on via a fixed broadband line.
Machines have woken up to the smell of coffee. Instead of using thousands of chemicals to predict a blend’s flavour, a device built by researchers at the…
