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Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder goes live as the world’s quickest radio telescope

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Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder goes live as the world's quickest radio telescope

Australia's Shire of Murchison is quickly becoming a hotbed for radio telescopes. As of of Friday, the territory is operating the world's fastest radio telescope in the form of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). The 36-antenna grid's eventual use of six phased array feeds, each with 188 receivers, will let it scan a field of view 150 times larger than the moon's visible area while processing that information much faster than a typical single-pixel radio telescope feed -- CSIRO estimates that an image of the Centaurus A galaxy that would take 10,000 hours to process with rivals should take five minutes with ASKAP. Ultimately, the array should grow to 60 antennas as part of the Square Kilometer Array, which includes South Africa in its hunt for pulsars, quasars and other unique parts of the universe. Just don't get your hopes up for booking alien listening sessions anytime soon. Commissioning started virtually as soon as the ribbon was cut, and scientists have already scheduled their usage slots for the next five years. We're sure we'll get over any frustration when we see the first ASKAP results published within the next year.

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Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder goes live as the world's quickest radio telescope originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CSIRO snatches $220m windfall in WiFi patent dispute with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon

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Australia's CSRIO snatches $220m windfall in WiFi patent dispute with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization keeps bowling 'em over -- in the courtroom, anyway -- with its hardy WiFi patent. The government-funded research group has chalked up another $220 million win after AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Acer, Lenovo and Sony each agreed to establish licenses with the litigious group. CSIRO now holds agreements with 23 companies and has pocketed more than $430 million from its courtroom activities. Australian Senator Chris Evans estimates that 90 percent of the industry is now paying licensing fees for the technology, but with the patent set to expire next year, we'd be mighty paranoid to be among that final ten percent. You'll find the full PR, chock-full of Aussie pride, after the break.

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CSIRO snatches $220m windfall in WiFi patent dispute with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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