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
Traditional antenna systems can also require complicated deployment mechanisms, particularly when large structures must be folded for launch and extended after reaching space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Their solution was a specially designed contactless antenna feed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Changing that length can allow an antenna to operate at different frequencies, but making such adjustments often requires moving mechanical components or complicated engineering.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
The first thing Ob did when the afterlife antenna came around again was to take him out into May’s empty garden.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
It measured an impressive 86.6 millimeters, or approximately 3.4 inches, excluding its tail, claws, and antennae.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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
"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
This girl boss couldn’t feel less human if antennae sprouted from her eyebrows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Spoony had, I don’t know, maybe eight or nine Iocs sprouting from his head like antennae.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Additional research will be needed to determine how effectively laser-generated plasma antennas could operate under real space conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Conventional antennas may require mechanical devices to change their orientation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
At one research lab, an officer spread out circuit boards and antennas on a table, noting that the latest models were from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
On a balmy August day, six Lima antennas shaped like megaphones pointed skyward from poles on the edge of a field in a rural part of Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
They studied each other’s eyes, you know, like they had antennas and were sending radio signals to each other.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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