Twisted Radio Beams Could Untangle the Airwaves

Urchin writes "The radio frequency spectrum available for wireless communication is becoming increasingly crowded thanks to new wireless technology. A solution to the shrinking space might be to put a spin on radio beams during their transmission, to produce a twisted beam, according to Swedish physicists. In theory, huge amounts of data could be sent in the pitch of the twist, which is distinct from the amplitude and frequency of radio waves — the features used at the moment to send information."

damn

[geekoid]

Damn, this is so obvious now. I should have thought this up years ago.

Oh, Great

[Banichi]

Now we have "Spinnaz" for telecommunication geeks.

Obligatory

[Bovius]

Do a barrel roll!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

As Dr. Egon Spengler once said

[auric_dude]

Don't cross the streams.

Twisted

[Anonymous Coward]

Twisted radio == good.
Twisted schwartz == bad.

Re:Two questions

[__aasqbs9791]

Then who sent me the message to, "Kill the family"? Or was that, "Bill loves Emily"? Reception isn't too good some days.

Re:No

[Mr. Conrad]

I read a while back that both Fox and MSNBC were interested in polarization. Only Fox wanted to twist their signals to the right while MSNBC seemed more interested in twisting theirs to the left.

Re:Oh, Great

[fbjon]

Only problem is, packets received through a twisted link come with the evil bit set.

Re:damn

[Ihmhi]

Wait, so... basically, some Trekkie scientist in Sweden said "Hey, what if we messed with the polarity?" and it actually worked?