antenna
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Most recently, in March, her BMW was stolen from outside her home using an antenna to amplify the signal from the key fob inside her house.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A laser-generated antenna could offer a different approach, potentially allowing spacecraft to create and adjust antennas without carrying the same kinds of mechanical structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
"And while we have not demonstrated its ability to serve as an antenna that can receive radio signals, there's no reason to believe it wouldn't also work as a receiver."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, its petal-like solar panels had failed to open fully, trapping the antenna and preventing Beagle 2 from communicating.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It receives radio waves from the depths of space, focusing them onto the feed arm antenna high above the dish, which is in turn electronically connected to the control room, where the signal is analyzed.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
A pair of black antennae lie in front of her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Using satellite images, shore-based antennae, data and other sources, Kpler aims to reconstruct the trajectory of a vessel that has "gone dark," he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Other bees frequently touch the dancer with their antennae and bodies.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
"There's around 10,000 satellites orbiting right now. The plan is to go to about 40-50,000 satellites in just some years," explains Abrahamsson, as he stands overlooking several large antennae.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Vonetta froze, then backed away from the antenna, carefully and dramatically, her arms outstretched in the leaning V shape of the left and right antennae until she sat down.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
The circuits transmit signals via four antennas on the box for several hundred yards, on frequencies the unit believes Russia is currently using.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
JPL also manages the Deep Space Network — the global array of massive antennas that will transmit commands to the copter and receive data from Titan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Like Grandma’s not-flat TV with the rabbit ear antennas.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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